• 16 Feb 2023
• HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Industries (8) Goals and Objectives (18) Going Public (36) Goods and Commodities (7) Governance Compliance (4) Governance Controls (76) Governance (268) Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms (72) Governing and Advisory Boards (20)... View Details

• 13 Jan 2023
• Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Cold Calling Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement View Details

• 26 Sep 2017
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

infringement lawsuits in U.S. district courts. The results of this review would be nonbinding but admissible in later court proceedings. Whether conducted by an independent Patent Litigation Review Board or a division of the U.S. Patent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 02 Mar 2010
• First Look

First Look: March 2

(September 8, 2009) Abstract Boards members of failed banks in 2008 or of the many companies like Enron who were caught up in scandals are by and large honorable, well intentioned, and competent people. So what went wrong and what can be... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 12 Nov 2001
• Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

family informed about these. Help the family reach decisions and speak with one voice about its goals. Keep the board of directors informed about family views about the company and maintain a dialogue with the View Details

• October 2024
• Teaching Plan

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble

By: Lou Shipley and Stacy Straaberg

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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Shipley, Lou, and Stacy Straaberg. "Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble ." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 825-003, October 2024.

• February 2020 (Revised June 2020)
• Case

Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jonah S. Goldberg and Calvin O. Liou

ISS is the world’s largest provider of corporate governance research, data, analytics, and voting services. The case uses the effort of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose an array of new regulations that would severely restrict the functioning of... View Details

Keywords: Proxy Advisory Services; Corporate Governance; Research; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Institutional Investing

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Srinivasan, Suraj, Jonah S. Goldberg, and Calvin O. Liou. "Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS." Harvard Business School Case 120-085, February 2020. (Revised June 2020.)

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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

Arthur Rock & Company, which was instrumental in the birth of Apple and Intel. Unlike many venture funders, Rock’s formula for success relies on maintaining long-term ties with the companies he finances, often staying on company boards... View Details

Amy W. Schulman

Amy W. Schulman is an accomplished business leader, widely recognized for growing and stabilizing global businesses, commitment to people, strategic judgment, and efforts to advance women and promote inclusive workplace cultures.

Ms. Schulman joined Harvard... View Details

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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

the panics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Baker’s business acumen extended to serving on the boards of more than forty corporations, including several failing railroads, that he bought and revitalized. He also had... View Details

Joseph L. Bower

JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing

• Fast Answer

Exchange rates: current & historical

menu, choose Exchange Rate Indices. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Statistical Release - Foreign Exchange Rates:  Exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and several countries back as far as the 1970s in some cases. View Details

• 01 Mar 2019
• News

The Burden Legacy

on boards and committees in support of the arts. He died in 1989. The brothers’ commitment to the visual arts influenced the Burden family’s philanthropic support of Harvard. In addition to Burden Hall with its cutting-edge design, the... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush