Publications

April 2013
Case

Grupo RBS (A)

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Collette

This case reviews the two-generation history of the Brazilian media company, RBS, and examines how the second generation family CEO manages through a crisis facing the company. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family Ownership; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Brazil

February 2013
Case

Catherine Gomez and Dentalite

By: John Davis and Shirley M. Spence

March 2012 (Revised September 2014)
Case

Clarks at a Crossroads (A)

By: John A. Davis and Suzanne Stroh

Clarks at a Crossroads (A) describes how this venerable British shoe company falls behind its competition and into financial trouble. The case ends with a pivotal vote by shareholders on whether to sell this family company. View Details

2008
Case

Mike Corbin: Closing the Corbin-Pacific Case

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Collette

An interview with Mike Corbin wrapping up the Corbin-Pacific case. View Details

Keywords: Cases

March 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Module Note

Negotiating Effectively in Family Business Systems

By: Deepak Malhotra and John A. Davis

Explores how families in business can apply five principles of negotiation that are used effectively by non-family members. The distinctive characteristics of family relationships and of family business systems--which affect the use of these principles--are described. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Negotiation; Family Ownership

Web

Bibliography - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Harvard ID and University PIN required) "Advertising and Photography," Pictorial Photography in America 4 (1926). Bogart, Michele H. Artists, Advertising, and the Borders of Art . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Bok, Edward... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Distinct Yet of a Piece

in a pinch, be able to fill the shoes of any of their classmates. Confidence and competence — the imprimatur of HBS — are the hallmarks of this year's 25th Reunion Class, as exemplified in this sample group of classmates of distinction. View Details

August 1964
Case

General Holdings Corp.

By: John H. McArthur

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January 1964 (Revised February 1984)
Case

O.M. Scott & Sons Co., The

By: John H. McArthur

Company has gone through a phase of uncontrolled expansion and is in a weakened financial condition. View Details

Keywords: Expansion; Financial Condition

June 1960
Case

First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co.

By: John H. McArthur

Keywords: Banking Industry

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30 Sep 2021

HBS Perspectives in Health: Healthy Buildings and Productivity – Organizational Imperatives Pre, During, and Post Covid

HBS Professor John Macomber will lead a discussion with Joseph Joe Allen, Director of the Healthy Buildings program and an Associate Professor at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health. They will share... View Details

February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Joseph Pulitzer

By: John A. Davis and Matthew G. Pillar

Biography of publisher and philanthropist Joseph Pulitzer. View Details

Keywords: Biography

September 2000 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Atherton Clothing Company (A)

By: John A. Davis and Andrew Z. Tubman

Zachary Cohen, who will graduate soon from business school, wants to enter his family's business under certain conditions--he wants shares in the company and wants to change a buy-sell agreement. His father and his uncle seem to want to explore his entering the family... View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Family Business; Management Teams; Contracts; Apparel and Accessories Industry