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  • October 1997 (Revised November 1997)
  • Case

NAACP, The

By: James E. Austin, Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner and Elaine V. Backman
In February 1995, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the largest civil rights organization in the United States, was in the midst of a crisis. The executive director had been fired due to financial improprieties amid charges of... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Capital; Governance Controls; Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Rights; Leadership; Management; United States
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    Michael S. Kaufman

    A Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, Michael co-developed and teaches a second year MBA course, “Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry.” 

    A founder and partner of Positive Strategy LLC, a management/strategy consulting... View Details

    • 31 Mar 2002
    • What Do You Think?

    Is This the Decade of the Investor?

    interests of small investors." He also suggests that investors have little ability to judge whether compensation for managers is fair, particularly in an information economy in which it is difficult to assess justification for... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett

      Nori Gerardo Lietz

      Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real Estate Private Equity and Starting a Private Investment Firm.

      Nori Gerardo Lietz is the founder of Areté... View Details

      • 02 Sep 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: September 3, 2008

        Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 01 Dec 2000
      • News

      Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

      operations of their complicated, not-for-profit institutions. "The job of running a museum is much bigger and broader than it once was," observes HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, an... View Details
      Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
      • November 1999 (Revised June 2001)
      • Case

      Compaq Computer Corporation: The DEC Acquisition

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Barbara Feinberg
      Compaq's board of directors is faced with responsibility for setting the price range and terms for the proposed acquisition of Digital Equipment Corp. The transaction is described in the context of the rapidly evolving markets and business models of the computer... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Situation or Environment; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Computer Industry
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      • March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
      • Case

      No One Left Behind (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
      In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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      • 20 Feb 2013
      • News

      Office Depot-OfficeMax CEOs Face Off in Unorthodox Search

      • 09 Jul 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

      Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan

        Dutch Leonard

        Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
        • 29 Jun 2016
        • News

        Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story

        financed by women, in an industry where women have been largely underrepresented in all of these roles,” says Mandelli, who is managing director of the investment firm Kohlberg... View Details
        Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; photography by Chris Taggart; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
        • April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
        • Case

        Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)

        By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber
        Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge-fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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        • 06 Feb 2006
        • What Do You Think?

        Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

        one of the three most important issues facing managers and directors in 2006. He commented that, "Activist shareholders, led by hedge funds which today have aggregate assets View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
        • 24 Apr 2014
        • News

        Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

        best way to catalyze lasting change is to support people who are entrenched in local communities and will be there for the long term,” says Wasim, a managing director at the private equity firm of Hellman... View Details

          David G. Fubini

          David G. Fubini is a Senior Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit and leader of the Leading Professional Services Firm and Mergers & Acquisitions Programs for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education. His MBA teaching has concentrated on teaching the... View Details

          • June 2014
          • Article

          Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

          By: Joy Ishii and Yuhai Xuan
          This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers; Acquisitions; Social Ties; Social Connections; Mergers and Acquisitions; Relationships; Outcome or Result
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          • 08 Apr 2013
          • Research & Ideas

          Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

          your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary on the history View Details
          Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

            Michael Y. Yoshino

            Professor Yoshino holds the Herman C. Krannert Chair in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and is a Director of Research. He specializes in global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. A founding member of the... View Details

            • 09 Aug 2013
            • News

            Beyond Ackman, JCP Fights for Survival