Publications

Educators

March 1999
Teaching Note

Lyondell Petrochemical Company TN

Teaching Note for (9-498-028). View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

April 1994 (Revised August 1996)
Case

American Express (A)

In January 1993, the American Express board met to decide who would succeed James D. Robinson, III as chairman and CEO. The board needed to act in the spotlight of intense media and investor scrutiny, and after leaks had revealed that there was a conflict among the... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Corporate Governance; Resignation and Termination; Leadership; Management Succession; Performance Evaluation

Educators

March 1992
Supplement

Allegheny International Board (B)

April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
Case

RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (A)

Charles Hugel, the chairman of RJR Nabisco, receives a call from RJR Nabisco's CEO, Ross Johnson; Johnson plans to present an LBO plan to the board of directors at the board meeting the following week. The case details Hugel's actions as chairman, and describes the... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

October 1980
Supplement

Biography of an Executive (B): Spouse's Perspective

Keywords: Managerial Roles

January 1976
Background Note

Managing Change, Part II: Designing Effective Change Strategies

Keywords: Change Management

June 1974 (Revised April 1983)
Background Note

Managing Change

Keywords: Change Management

21 Dec 2008
News

Shareholders Seek More Say on Pay

12 Oct 2009
News

Masters of Corporate Governance

01 Oct 2000
News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

practice designed to "bridge" the gap between the seemingly disparate worlds of corporate management consulting and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Tierney, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Associates at HBS, is also at work with HBS professor View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Working PapersThe Rise of Business Forecasting Agencies in the United States Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract This paper analyzes the rise of business and economic forecasting agencies in the United States. The field was developed by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

market. We present statistics on the activity in these market mechanisms and present survey evidence that both mechanisms have facilitated matches. The paper concludes by discussing the emergence of platforms for transmitting job market... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/The-current-crisis-and-the-essence-of-capitalism.php Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas Authors:David Moss Publication:Chap. 4 in Challenges to Business in the Twenty-First Century, edited View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2009
News

A Failure to Communicate

30 Sep 2009
News

HBS study goes inside the boardroom

08 Nov 2009
News

Longtime friends face public scrutiny

2012
Chapter

Board Challenges 2009

August–September 2012
Article

The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the 21st Century

Predicting the challenges boards will face in the years ahead requires an understanding of how they and the governance they have provided has evolved in past years, as well as the challenges they face in the years ahead. Since I have been serving on and doing research... View Details

Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governance; Succession; Compensation; Governing and Advisory Boards