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  • November 2004 (Revised November 2005)
  • Case

Musimundo

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and James Robert Dillon
Mario Quintana, managing partner of Pegasus Capital, was preparing for the upcoming Musimundo board of directors meeting. He was satisfied with the investment decisions of the entertainment retailer, as actual performance surpassed the initial budget. However, given a... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Partners and Partnerships; Performance Evaluation; Budgets and Budgeting; Retail Industry; Spain
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  • May 1989 (Revised August 2006)
  • Case

RJR Nabisco

By: Richard S. Ruback
Gives students the opportunity to explore issues facing the board of directors in a leveraged buyout. RJR Nabisco is valued under different operating strategies and the source of gains in leveraged buyouts is stressed. View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Profit; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Valuation
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  • Research Summary

- Power and Influence in the Boardroom-a study of the boards and directors of the UK's top 500 plc's. View Details

    Archie L. Jones

    Archie Jones is Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School with an appointment in both the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. In addition to teaching required curriculum courses in both units, Archie is a co-founder and course head for an elective... View Details

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    Overview

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    My work focuses on boards of directors and corporate governance. I am currently developing new cases and materials for our MBA and Executive offerings in this area and working on a project entitled The Future of Corporate Governance. In addition, I am currently... View Details
    • 24 Oct 2019
    • Video

    Anu Aga

    Anu Aga, former Chair of the engineering and energy company Thermax in India, describes the difficult decision to reconstitute the company’s Board of Directors and her belief in the need to keep the roles of... View Details
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    Overview

    By: Andy Zelleke
    US-China relations; boards of directors and comparative corporate governance; leadership; the intersection of business and government, especially in relation to foreign policy. View Details
    • February 2005 (Revised March 2005)
    • Case

    The P&G Acquisition of Gillette

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
    Raises issues about the role of boards of directors in compensating CEOs and, specifically, the rewards granted to CEOs for arranging a change-of-control for their companies. View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • 2013
    • Article

    Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance

    By: David F. Larcker, Eric C. So and Charles C.Y. Wang
    Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with... View Details
    Keywords: Networks; Governing and Advisory Boards; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance
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      Jay W. Lorsch

      Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details

      • 22 Apr 2017
      • News

      Survey Roundup: Gender Disparity on Boardroom Diversity

        John D. Dionne

        John D. Dionne has been a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School since 2014 and is a recently retired Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He is also Managing Partner of Franconia Capital, a... View Details

        • 23 Dec 2013
        • Research & Ideas

        Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

        In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding

          Dwight B. Crane

          Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance.  He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

            Robert F. White

            Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

            • October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
            • Case

            Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

            By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt
            The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details
            Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry
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            • February 1991 (Revised March 1995)
            • Case

            Alantar, Inc.

            By: Jay W. Lorsch
            The CEO and chairman of Alantar, Inc. is confronted with the problem of how to create a more effective board of directors and also how to provide for his own successor. View Details
            Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador
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            • November 1989 (Revised December 1996)
            • Supplement

            Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance

            By: Michael C. Jensen
            Describes the resolution of the default situation. Further examines the internal control mechanisms and distinct role of the board of directors of a typical LBO association. View Details
            Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leveraged Buyouts; Rail Industry
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            • May 1987
            • Supplement

            Disctech, Inc., Video

            Focuses on 1) the roles of management, auditors, and the board of directors in making judgments about accounting reserves and 2) the task of "controlling" top management. View Details
            Keywords: Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Accounting
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            • 05 Jul 2006
            • Op-Ed

            Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

            votes cast in order to be elected. Contrast that, these activists warn, with the prevailing procedure that puts a candidate on a board with just a plurality of votes. They claim that under these conditions, View Details
            Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey