Publications

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June 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Patagonia Sur: For-Profit Land Conservation in Chile

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas Ibanez and Jay Verjee

Warren Adams founded Patagonia Sur in 2007 as one of the world's first for-profit land conservation businesses. His goal was to purchase over 100,000 acres of land in southern Chile and to run a variety of sustainable businesses to generate annual returns for... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Investment; For-Profit Firms; Entrepreneurship; Investment Return; Revenue; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital; SWOT Analysis; Real Estate Industry; Chile

Educators

Research Summary

Directors Survey

This project, which is just beginning, will be a questionnaire survey of directors of public companies in the U.S. The goal of the survey will be to understand the views of directors about their jobs and the changing legal, regulatory, and institutional climate in... View Details

2012
Chapter

Boardroom Challenges

Third Quarter 2015
Article

Should Boards Mentor Their CEOs?: It Is a Complex Question. Here Are the Significant Considerations.

It's a complex question with significant considerations, including how open the CEO is likely to be to such advice, the company's situation, and the characteristics of the board. View Details

Keywords: Directors; CEO Mentoring; Governing and Advisory Boards; Rank and Position; Management Teams

February – March 2010
Article

Lessons from the Crisis about Governing Financial Institutions

Keywords: Learning; Governance; Financial Institutions

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October 1999
Teaching Note

Ray Corey at Norton TN

March 1982
Supplement

British Steel: Interview with Sir Monty Finniston, Video

2006
Chapter

Governance Information in Knowledge-Based Companies

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Information Industry

2004
Class Lecture

Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Scandals, Reforms, and the Future

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States

2005
Chapter

Empowering the Board, Revisited

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards

March 1999
Teaching Note

CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson TN

Teaching Note for (9-491-116). View Details

March 1999
Teaching Note

California PERS TN

Teaching Note for (9-291-045). View Details

Keywords: California

April 1994 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Tower Air, Inc.

March 1993
Supplement

Praxair: Creating a Board (B)

Discusses the final formation of Praxair's board. Lists the members chosen with their backgrounds. Also describes the selection process of board members, and the structure and process of board meetings. View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Governing and Advisory Boards; Selection and Staffing; Management Practices and Processes

March 1993 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Praxair: Creating a Board (A)

Discusses the process a CEO/chairman goes through in creating a new board. Specifically, follows a CEO's decision-making process in selecting board members. Also includes decisions about the selection process for board members and the structure and process of board... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making; Corporate Governance; Conferences; Business or Company Management; Selection and Staffing