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  • 29 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

own words, "I was scared to death. It was terrifying. I literally had nightmares. I was supposed to be director of engineering, but there were so few of us that they made... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

    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
    • May 1987
    • Supplement

    Disctech, Inc., Video

    Focuses on 1) the roles of management, auditors, and the board of directors in making judgments about accounting reserves and 2) the task of "controlling" top management. View Details
    Keywords: Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Accounting
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    • 05 Jul 2023
    • News

    GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

    officials and regional business leaders, in addition to HBS alumni. The program featured inaugural remarks by His Excellency Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy. Other speakers included: Lootah; Zaher Al Munajjed (MBA... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • 17 Aug 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

    Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
    • February 1991 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Alantar, Inc.

    By: Jay W. Lorsch
    The CEO and chairman of Alantar, Inc. is confronted with the problem of how to create a more effective board of directors and also how to provide for his own successor. View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador
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    • 02 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Most Popular Articles of 2011

    strong sustainability culture is significantly more likely to assign responsibility to its board of directors for sustainability and to form a separate View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • Blog

    Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

    learn more, review the CME Overview. You can also learn more about the CME in participant stories featuring Heba Elshakany and Laina Chan. If you are a board director, you may be interested in our Corporate View Details

      Robert F. White

      Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

      • October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
      • Case

      Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

      By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt
      The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry
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      • November 1989 (Revised December 1996)
      • Supplement

      Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance

      By: Michael C. Jensen
      Describes the resolution of the default situation. Further examines the internal control mechanisms and distinct role of the board of directors of a typical LBO association. View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leveraged Buyouts; Rail Industry
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      • February 2023
      • Supplement

      Peloton Interactive (B)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and David Lane
      Supplements “Peloton Interactive (A)” (HBS No. 323-005), describing company restructuring and changes to management and the board of directors between February 8 and early October 2022. View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth Management; Investment Activism; Leadership; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; United States
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      • 01 Dec 1997
      • News

      A Piece of the Action

      useful research project could focus on the role of venture capital in financing and nurturing high potential ventures in the Valley. Presently staffed with a director and a full-time senior researcher, the... View Details
      Keywords: Susan Young
      • 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
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      • 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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      • 28 Feb 2019
      • News

      New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

      firm based in Boston, where he served in a wide range of roles, including managing partner and Executive Committee member. He also served as board director View Details
      • 05 Jul 2006
      • Op-Ed

      Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

      votes cast in order to be elected. Contrast that, these activists warn, with the prevailing procedure that puts a candidate on a board with just a plurality of votes. They claim that under these conditions,... View Details
      Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey

        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
        • 16 Nov 2017
        • News

        The Business of Social Justice

        Brooks immersed herself in HBS, resurrecting the inactive role of historian of the African-American Student Union. She also joined the Harbus Foundation and the Management Consulting and Social Enterprise... View Details
        Keywords: Jennifer Myers
        • 09 Apr 2008
        • Research & Ideas

        The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

        Doriot could not take the job, as he was still employed by the Army. So in the interim, the directors named him chairman of the board of... View Details
        Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante