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  • January 2019
  • Case

Arrow Electronics—The Apollo Integration

By: Stephen P. Kaufman
Having already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO and Senior Vice President of Arrow are evaluating the acquisition of another small competitor to boost sales, become #1 in a niche market segment, and achieve economies of scale. They are... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Strategic Planning; Growth and Development Strategy; Electronics Industry; United States
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  • October 1991 (Revised December 1993)
  • Case

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc.: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive

Ben & Jerry's is an anti-establishment, values-driven company that has become a successful venture. The dominant founder, Ben Cohen, is not an effective manager, but he brings creative marketing and product skills that have been important to the company's success. He... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Compensation and Benefits; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 09 Dec 2012
  • News

The analyzed gift

  • October 1999
  • Case

Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine
After the Brent Spar episode and the 1995 events in Nigeria, Shell undertakes an intensive review of its values and business principles. At the same time, it conducts the largest multi-stakeholder consultation in its history in an effort to better understand society's... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Transformation; Environmental Accounting; Energy Industry
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  • 15 Sep 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
  • November 2008
  • Supplement

NEC Electronics (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Restructuring; Decisions; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Price; Ownership; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States
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  • October 2008 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

NEC Electronics

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment Return; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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    HBS Online: Negotiation Mastery

    Michael Wheeler, working with the HBS Online team, created Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World. It is a flexible, highly-interactive online course which prepares participants to close deals that might otherwise be dead-locked, maximize value... View Details

    • October 2011
    • Case

    Strategy and Governance at Yahoo! Inc.

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan, David Lane and Ian McKown Cornell
    Yahoo! faces a number of governance and strategic challenges in late 2011 as it tries to compete with rivals such as Google and find ways to monetize its shareholding and business links with Alibaba Group in China and Yahoo! Japan. The company is now valued at almost... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Corporate Governance; Web Services Industry
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    • 03 Jun 2021
    • News

    CEOs Are the Problem

    • February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
    • Case

    Maccabitech: The Promise of Israel's Healthcare Data

    By: Scott Duke Kominers and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Dr. Varda Shalev bridges technology and medicine through Maccabitech, a "research and innovation wing" of Israel's Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS) that partners with research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and startups. Shalev hopes to scale Maccabitech's... View Details
    Keywords: Big Data; Healthcare; Analytics and Data Science; Digital Platforms; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Research; Entrepreneurship; Risk Management; Israel
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    • August 15, 2014
    • Article

    Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details
    Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes
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    • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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    • October 28, 2021
    • Article

    Creating a Meaningful Corporate Purpose

    By: Hubert Joly
    Today, most company leaders believe that their companies’ larger purpose is to make a positive difference in the world—not just to maximize shareholder value. Defining a corporate why and making sure it guides decisions and operations has therefore become a cornerstone... View Details
    Keywords: Corporations; Purpose; Meaningfulness; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • 23 Aug 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

    LeaderEnel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader. Mark Kramer discusses how Francesco Starace drove the huge strategy shift. Research Papers Rehabilitating Corporate PurposeShareholder... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
    • September 20, 2024
    • Article

    It’s Time to Unbundle ESG

    By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
    ESG is at an inflection point. It has come to represent a broad and inchoate aspiration for what business should be doing beyond maximizing shareholder value. With ESG advocates on the defensive, business leaders need a new roadmap to determine which factors to... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; ESG Disclosure; Sustainability; Climate; Climate Finance; Climate Risk; Social Accounting; Investment; Governance; Safety; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry
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    • January 2017
    • Supplement

    T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg
    After deciding to oppose the Dell MBO, T. Rowe Price, together with other dissident Dell shareholders, sought appraisal of their shares in the Delaware courts. The appraisal process resulted in a significant increase in the price to be paid to dissenting shareholders... View Details
    Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Management Buy-out; Ethics; Valuation; Courts and Trials; Business and Shareholder Relations; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry; Delaware
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    • December 2000
    • Background Note

    Online Retailers

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
    Describes online retailers, companies that use the Internet to sell physical goods. Defines online retailers and describes different ways to categorize them. Explores their economic model and value proposition for consumers in comparison with offline retailers. Next,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Internet; Retail Industry
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    • 14 Jun 2016
    • First Look

    June 14, 2016

    of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in an over accumulation of debt. Calibrating this parameter with values in the literature, the model can reproduce debt levels and frequency of default typical... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

      Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as... View Details