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    Benjamin C. Esty

    Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details

    Keywords: banking; asset management; investment banking industry; consumer products; shipping; wine; financial services
    • March 2011 (Revised May 2012)
    • Case

    Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.

    By: Robert G. Eccles, Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng and Penelope Rossano
    This case is about the establishment, growth, and direction of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park ("Zhangjiang Park"), which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Considered to be one of the most competitive hi-tech industry clusters in China, the combined... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Clusters; Information Technology; Capital Markets; Urban Development; Buildings and Facilities; Competition; Business Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai
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      Kevin P. Mohan

      Kevin Mohan joined the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School in 2012 after a long career as a private equity investor. He teaches Negotiation in the MBA program and the Owners, Presidents, and Managers program. He also teaches War... View Details

        Louis E. Caldera

        Louis Caldera is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a required first-year course in the MBA program. He has previously taught law school courses on corporate... View Details

          Satish K. Tadikonda

          Satish Tadikonda is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. In the MBA program, Satish teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager, a required first-year MBA course, and Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences, an elective course for... View Details

          • November 2024
          • Background Note

          Nonprofit Governance: Some Basics

          By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
          This background note discusses basics about the prevalence, purpose, and unique legal, governance and regulatory dynamics of nonprofits and their boards of directors. The note describes both similarities and differences between for-profit and non-profit governance,... View Details
          Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
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          • 30 Aug 2004
          • Research & Ideas

          Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

          In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of criticism have been directed at those companies' corporate boards. Traditionally, board... View Details
          Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
          • 2011
          • Other Unpublished Work

          Pioneers in Finance: An Interview with Michael C. Jensen - Part 1

          By: Michael C. Jensen and Ralph A. Walkling
          This interview is first of a two-part series in which Professor Ralph Walkling, the Stratakis Chair in Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Governance at Drexel University, interviews Professor Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus... View Details
          Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Research; Financial Crisis; Compensation and Benefits; Agency Theory
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          • August 2018 (Revised April 2021)
          • Case

          The Fuji-Xerox Merger

          By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
          In January 2018, Xerox, a well-known American digital document firm, convened its board of directors to decide whether to approve a merger with Japanese imaging company Fujifilm. Activist Xerox shareholders were suing to halt the transaction, and documents unearthed... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Corporate Governance; Law
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          • March 2001 (Revised December 2003)
          • Case

          Circon (A)

          By: Brian J. Hall, Guhan Subramanian and Christopher A Rose
          In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. After building the company for 20 years, CEO Richard Auhll takes a defensive stand that includes inviting an old HBS friend (George Cloutier) to join the fight as a director of Circon. A... View Details
          Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Governance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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          • March 2007 (Revised October 2008)
          • Case

          The New York Times Co.

          The Sulzberger family owns 20% of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70% of the board through a dual-class share structure. At the company's April 2006 annual shareholder meeting, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28% of... View Details
          Keywords: Family Business; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)
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          • June 2013
          • Article

          Dysfunction in the Boardroom: Understanding the Persistent Gender Gap at the Highest Levels

          By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
          The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level positions. Countries in the European Union are attempting to institute laws regarding the minimum... View Details
          Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Gender; United States; European Union
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            Guhan Subramanian

            Guhan Subramanian is the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School.  He is the first person in the history of Harvard University to hold... View Details

            • 17 Nov 2006
            • News

            If Andy Grove Had Been Chairman of the HP Board...

            • 19 Sep 2019
            • News

            How TiVo is trying to make a comeback

            • 23 Jan 2018
            • Video

            Dr. Marlene Krauss: Health Care Visionary

              David A. Thomas

              David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change.  He recently served as a... View Details

              Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media
              • Research Summary

              Corporate Governance

              By: Charles C.Y. Wang

              The characteristics and structure of boards of directors have important implications for firm performance. Professor Wang has found that firms with well-connected boards whose members have strong network connections provide economic benefits that are not immediately... View Details

                Malcolm S. Salter

                Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

                In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

                Keywords: arts; automobiles; energy; investment banking industry; retailing; venture capital industry

                  Das Narayandas

                  Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate... View Details

                  Keywords: advertising; beauty products; biotechnology; computer; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; federal government; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; internet; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; professional services; retailing; telecommunications; transportation