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- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever
Wang Yung-ching, legendary Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist, passed away in 2008. He left behind an estate worth US $5.5 billion, but did not leave a will. The case discusses the potential motivation for Wang, and uses it to study succession planning for family... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Governance Controls; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Chemical Industry; Taiwan
Jin, Li, Joseph P.H. Fan, and Winnie S.C. Leung. "Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever." Harvard Business School Case 210-026, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- fall 1996
- Article
A Comparison of Four Countries' Estate Laws and Their Influence on Family Companies
By: J. A. Davis, J. Swartz, E. B. Blakely and C. Chang
Davis, J. A., J. Swartz, E. B. Blakely, and C. Chang. "A Comparison of Four Countries' Estate Laws and Their Influence on Family Companies." Family Business Review (fall 1996).
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers
- 13 Dec 2012
- HBS Seminar
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard Business School
- June 1998
- Article
Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation
By: Leslie Perlow
Perlow, Leslie. "Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 2 (June 1998): 328–357.
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
As described in the first article in this series, the "Three-circle" family business system is composed of three overlapping subsystems: those employed in the business, the shareholders, and... View Details
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Events - Business History
the book on the Oxford University Press website. Apr 3 03 Apr 2023 Seminar Hybrid Seminar: William Kirby (HBS), "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" William Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and Spangler View Details
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
Calveta Dining Services, Inc.: A Recipe for Growth? (Brief Case)
By: James L. Heskett and Patricia Girardi
Teaching Note for #4261. View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details
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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core... View Details
- 31 May 2019
- Video
Celebrating the 2019 Harvard Business School Commencement
- 25 May 2018
- Video
Celebrating the 2018 Harvard Business School Commencement
- 25 May 2017
- Video
Celebrating the 2017 Harvard Business School Commencement
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Employment | Harvard Business School
whose mission-driven work provides real value and impact. Faculty Positions Join a culturally diverse full-time intellectual community that draws on their research to educate leaders who make a difference in the world and help shape the practice of View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Minding Families' Business
A twelfth-generation scion of one of the oldest merchant families in Quebec, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien (MBA '54) acquired a family business the old-fashioned way-he built it.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
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Projects - Business History
faculty members with leaders or former leaders of businesses and NGOs. These videotaped interviews with men and women of diverse backgrounds address pivotal moments of transition in their regions. They contain compelling insights on... View Details
- 27 May 2022
- Video