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August 15, 2014
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Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes

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HBS - The year in Review

David Frieze, Division of Research and Faculty Development, retired John (Jack) J. Gabarro, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management, Emeritus Patty Haviland, Human Resources, retired Alice... View Details

21 Jun 2011
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Publications Civilization: The Six Ways the West Beat the Rest Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Review the book:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

the purchase of the toothpaste company Pepsodent in 1944. Expansion into margarine followed with the purchase of a Chicago firm in 1948. The postwar years proved very disappointing for Lever Brothers, for a number of partly related reasons. Countway, on his View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

2001, the once-profitable company lost 8.3 billion euros (equal to $15.1 billion today)—the second-biggest loss of any French company ever. A year later, the company’s debts totaled 71 billion euros, three times the value of the firm. Early View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Finance - Faculty & Research

2025 | Article | Journal of Pension Economics & Finance We study a retirement savings plan with a default contribution rate of 12% of income, which is much higher than previously studied defaults. Twenty-five percent of employees had not... View Details

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Research - Global

Production System, which was quite different from the mass production... January 2025 Case Thomas Müller: Mr. Bayern Munich By: Boris Groysberg , Sascha L. Schmidt, Alexander Liebhart and Sarah Abbott In 2024, FC Bayern Munich superstar Thomas Müller announced his... View Details

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Mark Giragosian

College and Northwestern University, including internships in consulting and investment banking. Upon retiring from the Joffrey, Mark worked at Morgan Stanley. “I wanted to have another career, not just another job. I looked for... View Details

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

College, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Learn about establishing a donor-advised fund at Harvard University. From Your IRA If you are at least 70½ years old, you can use your individual retirement account (IRA) to make a gift to... View Details

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Europe - Global

Schmidt, Alexander Liebhart and Sarah Abbott In 2024, FC Bayern Munich superstar Thomas Müller announced his retirement from German national football. His contract with Bayern Munich runs through the end of the 2024-25 season. In 2025,... View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

action for executives and boards in America than in Asia. But more common in America are firms that are run by professional managers who are replaced by other professional managers, either as a consequence of retirement or of replacement... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Family Professor of Management Practice, Retired Jeffrey J. Bussgang Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Nori Gerardo Lietz Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Olivia S. Kim Assistant Professor of Business Administration... View Details

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

They started their working years with guaranteed pensions, strong union protections, a more competitive minimum wage, and spent multiple decades at a single company. However, by the end of their working years, pensions disappeared in favor of a new instrument, the 401k... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
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High Liner Foods, 2015

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Decision Making; Family Business; Commodities; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; North America; Canada

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Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Network, developed to create local capacity to understand, teach, and upgrade competitiveness through teaching, developing cases, and conducting research so as to expand the body of knowledge and become leaders on competitiveness in their regions. With Professor... View Details

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

taking off. Then COVID hit, and the airline industry went into lockdown, along with the rest of the country. Delta offered early retirement and buyouts to its workforce, and in August 2020, 25 percent—more than 20,000 employees—took the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

Chip Bergh

Chip Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Chip served as president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) from September 2011 until January 2024. He also served on the Company’s Board of Directors... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

that not all companies should sell through social media. Does your customer base fit the demographics of a platform like TikTok? Is your product suited to the medium? “It’s probably more effective to sell cosmetics on TikTok than View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Planned Giving - Alumni

an easy way to leave a legacy at the School. Retirement Plan or Life Insurance Naming HBS as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or IRA, is a tax-efficient way to... View Details

18 Mar 2013
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HBS Cases: LEGO

found itself needing to turn around its turnaround. Outside The Family Enter Jørgen Knudstorp. He was just 35 years old when Kjeld promoted him from director of strategic development to CEO in 2004. (Kjeld retired that same year.) Like... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation

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