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29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

fighting what appeared to be a losing battle against an impossible business dilemma. In the midst of their aimless wandering, Grove asked Moore, "If the board kicked us out and brought in new management, what do you think they would do?"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

with bankruptcy for executives and boards of directors has diminished, among other stakeholders it has come to be viewed as merely a vehicle for corporations to circumvent obligations. Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Finance C. Fritz Foley Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Lynn Paine Spring 2026 Q3Q4... View Details

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

even interest in life beyond our country's borders, a limitation of growing importance as the global economy expands. This is evident everywhere; our boards of directors have, on average, very few executives from other countries. Our... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

’53), an Alumni Board member: “I was particularly struck by how Dean Nohria shared his personal life with us. I was also impressed by his effort to listen and engage faculty and alumni in creating a vision for the School. Sharing and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

pay phones in Tanzania - and recently won a bid to become Ghana's Second National Operator. A Liberian national who spent much of her childhood in English boarding schools, Maddy holds foreign service and economics degrees from Georgetown... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

(MBA 1994) and Michael Lynton (MBA 1987) were both recently named to the board of the Warner Music Group (WMG)/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. The $100 million fund, a partnership between the family foundation of... View Details

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

achieve excellence, but he also knew the state never intended to govern local schools permanently. As he considered his options for the recommendation to the state board about future governance, his overarching goal was to position the... View Details

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

optimizing rather than balancing my time. When I am with my child, I give him 100 percent attention, and in a few short minutes he is off to another activity. Likewise, I arrive at a board meeting well prepared and make it known that the... View Details

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

document the Norwegian business community's reaction to the quota, how Norwegian boards sought women directors, and the transferability of the quota law to other nations. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

to cry “diversity washing,” an offshoot of earlier references to “greenwashing” and “woke washing,” when describing inauthentic approaches to environmental and progressive social issues. Wiley’s experience at The Partnership and her perspective from decades on... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

for urban ridesharing applications. “Most ridesharing opportunities tend to be in urban areas where size matters, where parking is expensive and elusive,” says Fletcher, who attended the School’s Women on Boards Executive Education... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

Board (EDB), amazed the audience when he described how his country is building massive industrial townships in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. "If [building infrastructure] were a gold mine, I would not be here; if it was not a nightmare... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

major HBS report to Harvard's Board of Overseers outlining the School's plan to "enlarge its activities so as to be of still more service to the country" by expanding instruction in public aspects of business. Articles during World War II... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

Career Coach

Doug Lester

Doug’s approach to career and executive coaching is informed by over ten years in marketing, digital, and general management roles at Johnson & Johnson and other Fortune 500 companies. He offers perspective as a former executive recruiter and often counsels alumni on... View Details

Keywords: Auto/Transportation/Logistics; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Hospitality; Insurance; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Real Estate; Retail; Social Enterprise; Technology

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers? What do you think? How should organizations respond to sexual... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these negotiations throughout the week of September 26-October 3, 2008 and explores the role of a... View Details