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    Howard H. Stevenson

    Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

    Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry

      David B. Yoffie

      Professor David B. Yoffie is the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his Bachelor's degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta... View Details

      Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; financial services; information; information technology industry; internet; retail financial services; semiconductor; soft drink; telecommunications; video games
      • September 1997
      • Case

      Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (C)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
      In November 1996, the board of directors of Thailand's Siam Cement Group approves a policy spelling out the extent to which code of ethics shall be applied in joint venture and contractor relationships. View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Policy; Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Thailand
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      • April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
      • Supplement

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

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      The special committee of the RJR Nabisco board has extended the bidding deadline for the company by 10 days. The case explains the process by which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the management group bid against one another for ownership of RJR Nabisco. The board of... 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
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      • September 2024
      • Article

      Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

      By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
      This paper examines determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism, focusing on activist directors, i.e., directors appointed in response to activist demands. Using a sample of 3,259 activism events from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors.... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      • October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
      • Case

      Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance

      By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
      Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,... View Details
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Transformation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Labor and Management Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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        Deborah M. Winshel

        Deborah Winshel is a member of the Faculty of the Harvard Business School where she teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability to first year MBAs and executives.

        Most recently, Deborah was a Managing Director and Global Head of Social Impact at... View Details

          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

            Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe

            Keywords: Investments; Diversified
            • February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
            • Case

            Ross Perot and General Motors

            By: Jay W. Lorsch
            In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his... View Details
            Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Shares; Resignation and Termination; Business or Company Management; Agreements and Arrangements
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            • 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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            • September 2018
            • Supplement

            From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment

            By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
            Keywords: Family Business; Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Governance; Work-life Balance; Leadership; Leading Change; Transformation; Succession Planning; Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Culture; Shareholder; Board Of Directors; Retail; Real Estate; Shopping Mall; Department Store; Growth; Lebanon; Middle East; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability
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            • January 2018
            • Supplement

            Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)

            By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
            Follow-up case detailing the changes and performance upswing at BWX Technologies after hedge fund Blue Harbour Group's investment and when the fund’s Managing Director Robb LeMasters (MBA’05) joined its board of directors. View Details
            Keywords: Investment Activism; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Energy Industry; Construction Industry; United States
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            • 04 Sep 2013
            • News

            At Microsoft, Old Guard Sets Future for Next CEO

            • 18 Jan 2010
            • News

            Lessons from the Credit Crisis: Governing Financial Institutions

              Elon Kohlberg

              Elon Kohlberg is the Royal Little Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His research is mainly in Game Theory, in particular the study of non-cooperative equilibrium.

              Professor Kohlberg has taught many courses in the MBA,... View Details

              Keywords: asset management; education industry; energy; pharmaceuticals; real estate
              • 21 Sep 2018
              • News

              Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

              • 23 Dec 2013
              • News

              Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

              • May 2002 (Revised October 2002)
              • Background Note

              Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure

              By: Brian J. Hall
              This case analyzes incentive strategy from the perspective of a company's board of directors and owners. The focus is the role that executive compensation and ownership structure (the composition of, and financial structure between, a company's owners) play in... View Details
              Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Ownership; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Strategy; Value Creation
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              • April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
              • Case

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

              By: Jay W. Lorsch
              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
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