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  • 05 Feb 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

throughout an organization. As CEO, for example, he shared his 360-degree performance evaluation from peers and subordinates with HCL’s 50,000 employees as part of what he called “reverse accountability.” Ray Dalio, founder and head of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
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By: Srikant M. Datar
Datar's research interests are in the cost management and management control areas. He has published his research on activity-based management, quality, productivity, time-based competition, new product development, bottleneck management, incentives and ... View Details
  • September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
  • Case

Southwest Airlines One ReportTM

By: Robert G. Eccles, Beiting Cheng and Susan Thyne
In 2009, Southwest Airlines produced its first integrated annual report, the Southwest Airlines One Report, combing financial and nonfinancial performance information. This case examines Southwest's environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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Eccles, Robert G., Beiting Cheng, and Susan Thyne. "Southwest Airlines One ReportTM." Harvard Business School Case 411-042, September 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

corporate leaders about the purpose of and means for change. In effect these two approaches to organizational change represent theories in use by senior executives and the consultants and academics who advise them. By "theory in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
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Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter
Michael E. Porter has been exploring (with Claas van der Linde of St. Gallen University, Switzerland) the relationship between environmental regulation, industry competition, and international competitiveness. He finds that many forms of environmental pollution... View Details

    Trevor Fetter

    Trevor Fetter is a Senior Lecturer and the Henry B. Arthur Fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has been on the faculty since 2019. He teaches two MBA required courses: Financial Reporting and Control and Leadership and Corporate Accountability. He has also... View Details

    • July 2016
    • Case

    'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

    By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal
    In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry
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    Gow, Ian, Suraj Srinivasan, and Neeraj Goyal. "'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 117-029, July 2016.
    • 09 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever—A Case Study

    This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
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    AMP 170 - General Management: Processes and Action

    The Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) helps drive corporate performance by honing individual capabilities to the highest level of performance. The result is a... View Details

    • 04 Jan 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

    (iStockphoto/tofumax) A corporate board’s most important decision is selecting the organization’s CEO. By the same token, one could argue that a board’s most distasteful decision concerns firing a CEO. Once directors agree to release the... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • August 2004 (Revised September 2005)
    • Case

    Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)

    By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
    In the late 1970s, Stanley O'Neal joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. Profiles O'Neal's ascent at Merrill to CEO. O'Neal put Merrill through a comprehensive restructuring program, cutting costs and significantly reducing the work force. As CEO, O'Neal faces... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Race; Cost Management; Investment Banking; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Leadership; Management Succession; Performance Effectiveness; Personal Development and Career
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    Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-029, August 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
    • October 2007
    • Case

    Blue River Capital

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, Tarun Khanna and Richard Bullock
    Examines the strategy and experience of Indian private equity firm Blue River Capital. Blue River was established in 2005 to invest primarily in middle market, particularly family-run, businesses in India. Blue River caters to this niche as an active investor,... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance; Emerging Markets; Family Ownership; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; India
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    Palepu, Krishna G., Tarun Khanna, and Richard Bullock. "Blue River Capital." Harvard Business School Case 708-448, October 2007.
    • 17 Feb 2022
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    When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

    oversight on the part of managers. Individuals voluntarily regulate themselves, refraining from behaviors that clash with the culture. Over the past few decades, many corporate leaders have sought to build strong cultures that define... View Details
    Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
    • 21 Feb 2005
    • Op-Ed

    Is Business Management a Profession?

    Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that... View Details
    Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
    • March 2018
    • Case

    Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
    In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,... View Details
    Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Investing; Activist Investing; Technology; CEO Turnover; Hedge Fund Activism; Benchmarking; Corporate Governance; Information Technology; Investment Activism; Performance Improvement; Management Succession; United States
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    Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk." Harvard Business School Case 118-086, March 2018.
    • 10 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Do You Have Change Fatigue?

    information—and it sat on managers' shelves. No follow-up ever took place. You're probably laughing—or wincing—in recognition of what has become a familiar tale of corporate change efforts. Indeed, with all the transformation efforts... View Details
    Keywords: by Nick Morgan
    • April 2012
    • Article

    Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry

    By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
    The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Capacity; Operations; Advertising; Production; Corporate Strategy; Relationships; Medical Specialties; Complexity; Risk and Uncertainty; Experience and Expertise; Diversification; Quality; Health Industry
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    Clark, Jonathan R., and Robert S. Huckman. "Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry." Management Science 58, no. 4 (April 2012): 708–722.
    • April 2021 (Revised August 2024)
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    The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Olivia Jung
    This case describes the corporate turnaround of the Ford Motor Company under the charismatic leadership of Alan Mulally. Ford was in deep trouble in the early 2000s as its prices and debt ratings plummeted and employee morale suffered. In 2006, the company anticipated... View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Transformation; Restructuring; Organizational Culture; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry; North America
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    Edmondson, Amy C., and Olivia Jung. "The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company." Harvard Business School Case 621-101, April 2021. (Revised August 2024.)
    • April 2018
    • Article

    Consumers Avoid Buying from Firms with Higher CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

    By: Bhavya Mohan, Tobias Schlager, Rohit Deshpandé and Michael I. Norton
    We document a novel driver of consumer behavior: pay ratio disclosure. Swiss corporation performance data gathered during a legally mandated pay ratio referendum reveals that salient high pay ratios are associated with decreased firm sales (Pilot Study). An... View Details
    Keywords: Pay Ratio; Wage Fairness; Purchase Intention; Customers; Wages; Fairness; Consumer Behavior
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    Mohan, Bhavya, Tobias Schlager, Rohit Deshpandé, and Michael I. Norton. "Consumers Avoid Buying from Firms with Higher CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios." Special Issue on Marketplace Morality. Journal of Consumer Psychology 28, no. 2 (April 2018): 344–352.
    • 26 May 2011
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