Relationship Portfolio Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2016
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What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management

Keywords: by Eugene F. Soltes, Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan

08 Feb 2021
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How Managers Can Support Employees with Chronic Illnesses

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

unique to sports, of course. Based on our surveys with executives from a wide range of fields, the rate at which managers lose relevance has increased dramatically, even over just the last decade. The world is changing faster than ever... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Managing International Trade and Investment Course Number 1166 Professor Meg Rithmire Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Course Overview The course approaches economic interdependence from the perspective of... View Details

13 Oct 2020
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The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management

01 Mar 2022
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Effective Employee Development Starts with Managers

September 2010 (Revised October 2014)
Teaching Note

Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One - Multimedia

By: Anette Mikes

Teaching Note for 110-707 View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Climate Change; Adoption; Perspective; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Renewable Energy; Capital Budgeting; Managerial Roles; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry

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May 1997
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Introduction and Overview: Managing Product Development, Instructor's Note

By: Marco Iansiti

The first module, comprising three cases and a team exercise, provides an impressionistic look at all the issues raised in greater detail in subsequent classes. It thus enables students, who come to the course with a range of experience and skills, to get up to speed... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams

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25 Nov 2013
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Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Companies all over the world have striven for transparency in the workplace, literally tearing down walls in an effort to let managers and employees observe each other. Take, for example, one of the 14 key principles of The Toyota Way,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

February 2003 (Revised August 2005)
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UCB (A): Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey

This case presents a complex total MIS strategy case for a $3 billion European pharmaceutical/chemicals company based in Brussels. It covers corporate strategy alignment of IT portfolio, IT operations issues, and global coordination of IT. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Operations; System; Corporate Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Globalization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Information Technology Industry; Brussels

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May 2016 (Revised May 2017)
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Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and David Lane

In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the... View Details

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14 Oct 2015
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Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management

Top management structures in large US firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team—the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO—doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an... View Details

2017
Working Paper

What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management

By: Eugene F. Soltes, Suraj Srinivasan and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan

Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within firms, but managers can seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss proposals. We find that managers seek to exclude 39% of all proposals... View Details

Keywords: Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations

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07 Aug 2020
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8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health

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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog

managing customer relationships and driving customer growth are central. This includes: Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (e.g., CEOs, CMOs, Chief Growth Officers, Chief Customer Officers) seeking to build... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

careers in management. The Management Education Alliance comprises several of the country's leading business schools (including Harvard's), ten predominantly minority business schools, and thirteen U.S. companies. Since its founding, the... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh