Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,497) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,497) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (1,497)
    • News  (500)
    • Research  (696)
    • Events  (3)
    • Multimedia  (13)
  • Faculty Publications  (496)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (1,497)
    • News  (500)
    • Research  (696)
    • Events  (3)
    • Multimedia  (13)
  • Faculty Publications  (496)
← Page 15 of 1,497 Results →
  • April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
  • Case

Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company. View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Condition; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Insurance Industry
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-216, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
  • 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
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Paine, Lynn S., and Prompilai Khunaphante. "Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (C)." Harvard Business School Case 398-020, September 1997.
  • 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
Citation
Purchase
Related
Lorsch, Jay W. "RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-121, April 1991. (Revised July 1991.)
  • 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
Citation
SSRN
Find at Harvard
Purchase
Related
Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences." Review of Accounting Studies 29, no. 3 (September 2024): 2578–2616.

    David B. Yoffie

    Professor David B. Yoffie is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his... 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

      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
      • 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
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment." Harvard Business School Supplement 619-027, September 2018.
      • 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
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)

        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
        Citation
        Educators
        Purchase
        Related
        Lorsch, Jay W. "Ross Perot and General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 491-027, February 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
        • 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
        Citation
        Educators
        Purchase
        Related
        Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "The P&G Acquisition of Gillette." Harvard Business School Case 405-082, February 2005. (Revised March 2005.)

          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

          • 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
          Citation
          Purchase
          Related
          Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-046, January 2018.
          • 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

          • 21 Sep 2018
          • News

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

          • 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
          Citation
          Educators
          Purchase
          Related
          Hall, Brian J. "Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-134, May 2002. (Revised October 2002.)

            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
            • 23 Dec 2013
            • News

            Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

            • April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
            • Case

            Netscape's Initial Public Offering

            By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
            In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time... View Details
            Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Valuation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Information Technology Industry
            Citation
            Educators
            Purchase
            Related
            Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
            • ←
            • 15
            • 16
            • …
            • 74
            • 75
            • →
            ǁ
            Campus Map
            Harvard Business School
            Soldiers Field
            Boston, MA 02163
            →Map & Directions
            →More Contact Information
            • Make a Gift
            • Site Map
            • Jobs
            • Harvard University
            • Trademarks
            • Policies
            • Accessibility
            • Digital Accessibility
            Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.