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- 17 Jan 2019
- News
Shutdown Shock May Endure for Federal Workers
- August 2016
- Supplement
CEO Succession at Cisco (C): Chuck Robbins' First 100 Days
By: Boris Groysberg, J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Annelena Lobb
Supplements the (A) case (417-031).
This case supplement describes new CEO Chuck Robbins’ earliest days after being announced as Cisco’s new chief executive. During this time, Robbins focused on building a leadership team featuring people with complementary skills...
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Groysberg, Boris, J. Yo-Jud Cheng, and Annelena Lobb. "CEO Succession at Cisco (C): Chuck Robbins' First 100 Days." Harvard Business School Supplement 417-033, August 2016.
- January 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
The case revolves around the actions that Barbara Novick, co-founder and Vice-Chair of Blackrock, and Michelle Edkins, Global Head of Investment Stewardship, would need to take in response to the controversial CEO letters from Laurence (Larry) Fink, Chairman and CEO of...
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Keywords:
Boards Of Directors;
Institutional Investors;
Disclosure;
Transparency;
Corporate Purpose;
Corporate Profits;
ESG;
ESG Disclosure Metrics;
Corporate Sustainability;
Engagement Strategy Of Institutions;
Stewardship Role Of Institutions;
BlackRock;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Institutional Investing;
Accounting;
Corporate Disclosure;
Mission and Purpose;
Profit;
Environmental Sustainability;
Climate Change;
Diversity;
Corporate Accountability;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Deshpandé, Rohit, Aiyesha Dey, and George Serafeim. "BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit." Harvard Business School Case 120-042, January 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- April 2022
- Case
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal “Ajay” Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for continued success in the years to come. Since Mastercard’s initial public offering in 2006, the company had grown and...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Business Strategy;
Change;
Change Management;
Money;
Cash;
Credit;
Financial Institutions;
Banks and Banking;
Central Banking;
Financial Instruments;
Credit Cards;
Financial Markets;
Globalization;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (state, US)
Gupta, Sunil, Linda A. Hill, Julia Kelley, and Emily Tedards. "Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash." Harvard Business School Case 522-001, April 2022.
- June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Delphi Corporation (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Management Teams;
Relationships;
Corporate Strategy
Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Delphi Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-033, June 2002. (Revised January 2010.)
- April 1989 (Revised September 1989)
- Case
CIBA-GEIGY AG: Impact of Inflation and Currency Fluctuations
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
The chairman of the second-largest Swiss multinational company is preparing for a board discussion on the impact of a constantly strengthening Swiss franc. The case raises strategic issues in terms of international competitiveness, financial reporting issues of how to...
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Keywords:
Inflation and Deflation;
Currency;
Financial Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competitive Strategy;
Switzerland
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "CIBA-GEIGY AG: Impact of Inflation and Currency Fluctuations." Harvard Business School Case 389-176, April 1989. (Revised September 1989.)
- December 2018
- Case
OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)
By: Juan Alcacer, Jérôme Lenhardt and Emer Moloney
In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Transformation;
Economy;
Crisis Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Greece
Alcacer, Juan, Jérôme Lenhardt, and Emer Moloney. "OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 719-456, December 2018.
- 25 Aug 2011
- News
Apple Should Explain Jobs's New Role, Governance Experts Say
- April 2008
- Case
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (A)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, who headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Privatization;
Competition;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-137, April 2008.
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
The Blackstone Group's IPO
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steven Schwarzman, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Initial Public Offering;
Investment;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "The Blackstone Group's IPO." Harvard Business School Case 808-100, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- February 2005 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
The Trustees of Reservations
By: Michael Chu
The executive director and chairman of the board of The Trustees of Reservations, one of the nation's oldest land conservation institutions, undertake a major governance restructuring. Reviews the forces leading to the change, the process by which its undertaken, and...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Governance Controls;
Performance Effectiveness;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Enterprise
Chu, Michael. "The Trustees of Reservations." Harvard Business School Case 305-078, February 2005. (Revised March 2005.)
Joseph L. Badaracco
Joseph L. Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School's MBA and executive programs.
Badaracco is a graduate of St. Louis...
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- April 2008
- Supplement
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chung Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, was headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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Keywords:
State Ownership;
Jobs and Positions;
Monopoly;
Privatization;
Competition;
Decisions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Labor and Management Relations;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
Price;
Status and Position;
Telecommunications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-138, April 2008.
- March 1992 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
Adam Opel AG (A)
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Focuses on the strategic issue of how to approach the East German market after the Berlin wall came down in late 1989. Within an unusually rich economic-political and organizational-personal context, the chairman of GM's German subsidiary has to respond to Volkswagen's...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Government and Politics;
Organizations;
Business and Government Relations;
Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Germany
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Adam Opel AG (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-100, March 1992. (Revised April 2000.)
- 23 Oct 2014
- News
Pocket change
- January 2016 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
Blackstone at Age 30
By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
Since its IPO in 2007 and following the global financial crisis, Blackstone largely outpaced its alternative investment firm peers in assets under management, new business launches, profitability, and market capitalization. Under the leadership of Stephen A....
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Asset Management;
Private Equity;
Financial Services Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Blackstone at Age 30." Harvard Business School Case 816-013, January 2016. (Revised November 2019.)
- March 1999 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert
Pandesic is a joint venture of SAP and Intel designed to develop turnkey information architectures for marketspace companies. The case explores the problems of developing the joint venture from the perspective of its general management. Describes the development of its...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Design;
Information;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Marketing Communications;
Performance
Bower, Joseph L., and Clark Gilbert. "Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-129, March 1999. (Revised August 2005.)