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  • June 2016 (Revised May 2017)
  • Case

FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a U.S.–based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Funds; Economic Policy; Investments; Government Policy; Deregulation; Financial Management; Valuation; Investment Funds; Policy; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Investment Activism; Change Management; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Japan; United States
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  • September 1990 (Revised April 1993)
  • Case

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Following the company's purchase as a part of a leveraged buyout, the new management team of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had to decide what to do about the build-up of excess inventory of its independent wholesale customers. The case introduces students to the problems... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Satisfaction; Business or Company Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 12 Apr 2023

The MBA Tour Spotlight: Women in Business (APAC)

opportunities that are actively promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives to support this group. This event is hosted by GMAC Tours, and HBS is a participating business school. View Details

    Harrison G. Otis

    Otis purchased the Los Angeles Times in 1886 just as the city was experiencing a population boom. Otis contributed to the population boom by actively promoting the city’s business opportunities in the Times. In addition, Otis was... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
    • 01 Feb 2018
    • News

    HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

    revamping the class reunion format, and establishing corporate relations and public relations efforts at the School. Subsequently, Uyterhoeven took charge of all the School’s Executive Education activities and spearheaded the renovation... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2012
    • News

    New Post for Palepu

    Professor Krishna Palepu, senior associate dean for International Development at HBS, has been tapped by Harvard President Drew Faust to be her senior adviser for global strategy, a new position. Consulting with colleagues from across the University, Palepu will focus... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • Profile

    Maya Babu

    "I was impressed by the way professors talked about their love of teaching," she says. "In the class, the time went by so fast—it was tremendously active and intellectually stimulating." Now that she's immersed in the... View Details
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    Salsa Society | MBA

    Salsa Society The mission of the Salsa Society is to provide a social forum for students of all levels to practice salsa dancing, improve their dancing skills and form an active community to enjoy salsa dancing on campus and in the... View Details
    • 15 Nov 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

    organizations: Businesses focus on commerce, while charities engage in activities that support social welfare. Increasingly, however, founders of social ventures interested in improving society are pursuing hybrid business models, which... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
    • Case

    Norway Sells Wal-Mart

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia
    In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway
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    Future of Work Club | MBA

    Building Activities Career Opportunities Club Co-Presidents Julia Shin Noah Krigel Club CFO Delaney Carlson Mailing Address Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. - Future of Work Club Harvard Business School 117 Western Ave. Boston, MA 02163 View Details
    • 08 Jul 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

    the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
    • September 2003
    • Case

    Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc

    By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem
    Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Stock Options; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Netherlands; United States
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    Australian & New Zealand Club | MBA

    Australian & New Zealand Club To promote the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) region at Harvard Business School by facilitating activities for members, raising the profiles of Australia and New Zealand as places to do business, and... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2000
    • News

    Tradition and Outreach at HBS Club de France

    those in France. "The latter group is close to twelve hundred," notes Willaime, who is still very active in club affairs, "and some 60 percent are dues-paying members." Currently under the leadership of President Pierre S. Bonelli (MBA... View Details
    Keywords: Amy E. Dean
    • January 2022
    • Background Note

    The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
    This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
    Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
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    1.2 MBA Honor Code | MBA

    1.2 MBA Honor Code 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The MBA Program at HBS educates leaders through a learning model in which students and faculty teach and learn from one another. This process of active participation and shared... View Details

      Christopher J. Perry

      city, popular for its editorial nature and active coverage of community news. Perry also used the paper as a vehicle for social change, using his influence to push for better services in the community. By 1930, the paper had boasted a... View Details
      Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
      • Web

      Industrial Film Collection | Baker Library

      Industrial Film Collection Partnering with the Harvard University Film Foundation, Harvard Business School (HBS) began actively collecting industrial films in the 1920s for teaching and learning. The collection includes a range of... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2009
      • News

      Professor Barnes Remembered

      Executive Education programs until his retirement from the active faculty in 1998. He also worked to improve classroom instruction at HBS and throughout Harvard. His HBS colleague, Senior Lecturer John Davis, recalled him as a... View Details