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  • July 2016 (Revised January 2017)
  • Case

Banking on Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley

By: Malcolm S. Salter
This case study was prepared as part of a research project on Culture, Conduct, and Governance in Financial Firms. The objective of this project is to compare and contrast the efforts of U.S. and European banks to induce changes in organization culture in the aftermath... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Corporate Governance; Banks and Banking; United States; Europe
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

    By: Hui Chen, Katherine Gunny and Karthik Ramanna
    Prior literature raises a "puzzle" of high rates of return on corporate political investment, but evidence for this puzzle is largely descriptive in nature. We exploit the setting of the American Jobs Creation Act's passage in 2004 to provide more robust estimates of... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Finance; United States
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    • February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A)

    By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
    Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide Financial as an example. Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Labor Unions; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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    • 10 Mar 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: March 10

    Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/international_comparison_6f4a5ffb-82d4-471e-991f-90744f72e677.pdf February 2015 Business Model Innovation: The Organizational Dimension A View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 14 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

    require digital transformations to be more iterative than other forms of corporate change. Leaders need to catalyze change rather than plan for it. That means creating the initial conditions for the organization to achieve its ambitions... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

      William R. Kerr

      William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

      Keywords: communications; computer; consulting; high technology; information technology industry; management consulting; manufacturing; telecommunications; venture capital industry
      • Article

      Making Exit Interviews Count

      By: Everett Spain and Boris Groysberg
      In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit interview—whether it be a face-to-face... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Management Practices and Processes; Retention; Resignation and Termination
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      • December 1, 2023
      • Article

      When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset—and When They’re a Liability

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Starting in the 1980s, a generation of larger-than-life CEOs became full-blown celebrity, but over time, research suggested that charismatic CEOs tended to have drawbacks at leaders. However, charisma can be especially useful in two business concepts with big unknowns:... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Style; Business Startups; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      • June 1992 (Revised August 1992)
      • Case

      Parker-Spencer: The Legal Form of Joint Ventures

      Parker Co., a U.S. based agricultural chemical company with $4 billion in sales, has agreed to a joint venture with Spencer, Inc., a smaller U.S. based company, to develop and market a new herbicide for corn. The two companies must consider marketing, tax, and... View Details
      Keywords: Business Organization; Joint Ventures; Taxation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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      • September 2009 (Revised August 2011)
      • Case

      Scooter Lindley: The Formation Call

      By: Lena G. Goldberg
      Factors affecting decision making about appropriate types of business entities are explored in the context of advising a prospective investor with particular emphasis on why LLCs are increasingly "go-to" entities. The potential effect of choice of organization on... View Details
      Keywords: Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Delaware
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      • November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
      • Background Note

      Developing Leaders

      By: Boris Groysberg and Amanda Cowen
      Provides an overview of leadership development for the manager charged with developing a single individual or corporate leadership program. Introduces a framework for understanding the components of developmental experiences and then applies it to a range of... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Development; Programs
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      • April 2004
      • Tutorial

      Yield Curves and Bond Ratings Tutorial

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      To preview this online product, Authorized Faculty can call our customer service department at 1-800-545-7685 or 617-783-7600. This online tutorial explains what drives the shape of the yield curve for traded debt securities. Also describes the metrics used by rating... View Details
      Keywords: Bonds; Investment Return; Financial Services Industry
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      • November 1991 (Revised January 1995)
      • Case

      Teradyne Japan

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Describes a parent-subsidiary relationship in the high technology industry. The subsidiary, located in Japan, has been expanding its activities throughout the 1980s in the face of stiff local competition. Examines the dilemma facing corporate and country management as... View Details
      Keywords: Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Expansion; Competition; Business or Company Management; Communication; Buildings and Facilities; Business Subsidiaries; Japan
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      • 07 Aug 2013
      • News

      Does the Washington Post Have a Future?

      • Web

      Research Areas - Doctoral

      faculty-designed research project based on their indicated interests. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility research explores business impact of delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits to stakeholders. 2. Business and... View Details
      • TeachingInterests

      Program for Leadership Development

      By: Michael L. Tushman
      Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders

      Successful businesses know that investing in the next generation of leaders is critical to sustaining competitive advantage and achieving corporate growth over the long term. The Program for Leadership... View Details
      • July 1990 (Revised August 1990)
      • Case

      Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1950

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William Schiano
      Examines Kaiser Steel's initial equity offering in 1950. The first case in a sequence that will trace the history of corporate restructurings that occurred 30 to 40 years later, in the 1980s. Subsequent cases examine foreign competition and labor unrest, hostile... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Capital Markets; Ownership; Steel Industry; United States
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      • July 2020
      • Article

      Yiqing xia zhongguo qiye de duice xuanze [Lessons from Chinese Companies' Response to COVID-19]

      By: Das Narayandas, Vinay Hebar and Liangliang Li
      China was weeks ahead of the rest of the world in dealing with the pandemic and its fallout. To understand what's next, the authors conducted a series of 20 in-depth, in-person interviews, as well as a large-scale survey of more than 350 senior executives to ascertain... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Innovation and Management; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Asia; China
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      • October 2008 (Revised March 2010)
      • Case

      PlanetTran

      By: Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy
      PlanetTran is an environmentally-friendly car service that utilizes a fleet of hybrid cars in providing livery service to corporations and individuals. The founder, Seth Riney, is evaluating outside funding options in order to expand the company, and has met several... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Venture Capital; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Expansion; Value
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