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- 29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29
of several international investors has put the group's ability to fund the deal in question. With time running out, Enelamah and the ACA investment committee must decide whether the Union Bank acquisition is still a wise investment, or...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
are based on merit and—unusual among graduate business schools—financial aid is based on need. In 1910, four Visiting Committee members launched an $850 financial assistance fund. Since then, the MBA fellowship budget has grown to more...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
Chuck Belle (MBA '73) promised to attempt to install a pass-fail system and said that "free nights are few . . . but we have a social committee that shall pleasure the time." Dean Fouraker's welcome included the promise, "You will...
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Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
similar to the U.S. system where outside directors and three committees (nomination, compensation, and audit) are established, and the other is the traditional Japanese system where boards are dominated by insiders and mutual monitoring...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
other end are nonprofit foundations that have elaborate committee structures, manage releases, and even hire employees. Q: What were the greatest challenges faced by the three nonprofit foundations you studied? A: There are three big...
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by Mallory Stark
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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Indiana. Show caption Hide caption Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences Shaping the Corporate Image Lessons in Economics: Footnotes 50 Richard F. Sentner, Marketing in the United States Steel Corporation: Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of...
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- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
and Goldman Sachs emerged relatively unscathed, its public image took a large blow as people questioned the inner workings of the bank. To address the situation, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for the creation of the Business Standards View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
conducted by OWS, and allows students to understand implications of the growth strategy for financial performance and valuation. Additionally, the case highlights the role of corporate boards and audit committees in managing strategic and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
Komatsu and Dresser created a fifty-fifty joint venture (Komatsu Dresser Corporation, or KDC), merging manufacturing, engineering, and finance operations. The joint venture maintained equal management representation on the six-person oversight View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a trustee of the Getty Trust and the Art...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
outside directors’ committees do everything else. The best way to ensure that directors carry out their responsibilities is to indict outside directors for malfeasance when they fail to do so. Enron was a perfect example of malfeasance...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
cases of minor infractions. We also have a panel of faculty, students, and staff who review cases that involve more serious infractions and determine sanctions if warranted. Finally, there is a community standards committee charged with...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
O’Neal says he sometimes finds time to “play a bad game of golf.” He is a member of the HBS Visiting Committee and sits on the boards of the Ronald McDonald House, the National Urban League, and Nasdaq. Recently, he also joined an...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
to children's furniture and toys. Upon leaving the Commission six years later, Franklin joined the Wharton faculty. However, her public service continued. She served four terms as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
leaking out of the company" (Armstrong 1993). The committee focused on two options: (1) to begin aggressively litigating those who try to leave with new technologies and (2) to invest in people trying to leave Xerox. Owing to...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
judge for the Financial Times /McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and chairs the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Business School. Thinkers 50 ranked Ibarra #8 among the most influential management thinkers in the world. Professor...
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- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
horse champing at the bit to do this, and the steering committee held me in the corral so we could really think it through," recalled LaMagna with a smile. "I know how reckless and impatient I can be, and these people kept me in...
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- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
management roles of management, audit committee and the external auditor. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/113002-PDF-ENG How Much? (A) Clayton RoseHarvard Business School Case 313-004 The leader of a small business team must deal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
to either eliminating virgin wool entirely or ensuring it is Responsible Wool Standard certified in the near future.” Deckers’ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Tom Garcia works closely with the board committee that Bonita chairs. Last...
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- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
transportation infrastructure. In addition, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., announced a plan to rework the tax code and dedicate $126.5 billion to fund highway and infrastructure investment. Although the two...
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