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    Joseph B. Fuller

    Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Entrepreneurship. He founded and co-leads the school’s project, Managing the Future of Work, as well as the Harvard Project on the Workforce. He currently leads the FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

    • 17 Jan 2007
    • Op-Ed

    Learning from Private-Equity Boards

    If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron's shareholders and employees from the problems that... View Details
    Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services
    • 23 Dec 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

    In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 23 Apr 2018
    • News

    Governor Baker Swears In New Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning

    • November 2007
    • Article

    If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business

    By: Robert C. Pozen
    This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
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    • 17 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 17

    independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees, customers, or shareholders and placed the global financial system at risk. I... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Paul A. Gompers

      Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
      Keywords: electronics; health care; high technology; information technology industry; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; venture capital industry
      • 20 Oct 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: October 20

        Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its authorized channels, for instance when goods designated for a foreign... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 12 Apr 2004
      • Research & Ideas

      What Great American Leaders Teach Us

      overall database. Tony Mayo, executive director of the Initiative, describes the project and what business leaders can take away from it in this interview. Sean Silverthorne: Can you describe the genesis and mission of the Leadership... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 14 Jan 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

      Citizens, industrial polluters, and scholars do not usually see eye to eye—but that may change with a new Web site that monitors corporate environmental performance in the United States. According to the university professors who created... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

        Mastering the Management System

        From HBSP: " Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and... View Details
        • 25 Feb 2014
        • First Look

        First Look: February 25

        Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism By: Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine how shareholder activist... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 06 Sep 2024
        • Blog Post

        Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

        Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2024 recipients of the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships. Established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959), a former director of the foundation and... View Details
        • 12 Aug 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: August 12, 2008

        http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309003 How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up Harvard Business School Case 808-163 This case includes structured interviews... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 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
        • 18 Feb 2015
        • First Look

        First Look: February 18

        500 boards as an empirical context, this study shows that the presence of directors who lack top-level experience but own large shareholdings is negatively associated with firm value, an effect that increases in the number of such... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Program

        Private Equity and Venture Capital

        industries Structure and negotiate better deals Make better investment decisions by examining the influence of risk, earnings, and organizational change Move quickly to select the best deals and negotiate with greater confidence Optimize your firm's portfolio and... View Details
        Keywords: Finance; Finance
        • Web

        Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

        Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) , Baker Foundation Professor Speakers: Angela Barranco , Executive Director for North America, Climate Group Mindy Lubber , President & CEO, Ceres Curtis D. Ravenel , Senior Advisor, Co-Chair... View Details
        • 10 Dec 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: December 10

        http://hbr.org/search/212082-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-069 Generator Hostels: The Way Out Josh Wyatt, director of Patron Capital Partners, needs to make an exit decision for a successful investment in Generator Hostels.... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Web

        Podcast - Business & Environment

        2025 | Climate Rising Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI) at theHigh Tide Foundation, joins host Mike Toffel for the fifth episode in our series on voluntarycarbon markets. Alexia has worked... View Details