CEO Activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward parity, not for cosmetic reasons, but to improve performance and value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

Borders is gone. So are B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and Crown Books. Barnes & Noble, headed by CEO Demos Parneros (AMP 178, 2010), now has about 630 physical bookstores—down from more than 700 in 2011. But the number of independent... View Details

Keywords: April White

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

are processed through the same United States Bankruptcy Court system, and are overseen by the same pool of federal bankruptcy judges, who currently number about 350 only. The bankruptcy process also requires the active participation of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

integration into stock valuation and positive screening are considered more beneficial. Respondents expect negative screening to be used less in the future, while positive screening and active ownership to be used more. Download working... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

not exist previously—a year after the project ended. Today, he is CEO and managing director of Godrej Consumer Products, the group's largest and most profitable company. Godrej consultant Nathani-Menzies calls the hire "revolutionary for... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

behavior of others. In his book Complicit, Professor Max Bazerman offers strategies for recognizing and avoiding the psychological and other traps that lead us to ignore, condone, or actively support wrongdoing in our businesses,... View Details

Research Summary

Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

companies, spelling out corporate governance principles that it would advocate. (See illustration.) BlackRock CEO Larry Fink followed in 2016 with a letter to chief executives of large US and European companies urging them to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

31 Jan 2022
News

Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun

bring back to my community,” he explained to the magazine. “It was time to come home.” Trejo is now president and CEO of Standard Printing Company, a commercial trade printer located in an industrial Hispanic neighborhood of Phoenix. The... View Details

Keywords: Printing and Related Support Activities; Printing and Related Support Activities

01 Sep 2008
News

Say “Green Cheese”

market that’s worth billions, CEO Jeff Housenbold (MBA ’96) of Shutterfly is battling giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak as he seeks to carve out a high-quality, high-end niche. A 20-page, 12” x 12” book sells for about $54. “We’d... View Details

Keywords: Printing and Related Support Activities; Printing and Related Support Activities; Printing and Related Support Activities; Printing and Related Support Activities

01 Dec 2001
News

Passing the Torch

Jeffrey Immelt In the closest thing to a royal succession business has had in many a year, last September Chairman Jack doffed his crown, bid farewell to his subjects, and ceded rulership of the kingdom of GE to his handpicked successor, Jeffrey Immelt (MBA '82). As... View Details

Keywords: Support Activities for Transportation; Support Activities for Transportation; Support Activities for Transportation; Support Activities for Transportation

01 Jun 2023
News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

moreover every CEO or employee is also a member of society. It’s important to ask the question, What kind of society do I want to live in? McGee: Students are going to be constantly asked to make judgments, and the decisions aren’t black... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

show COVID-19’s impact on women’s employment,” March 8, 2021, McKinsey, mckinsey.com. Summing up last month's column CEO activism triggered a debate among those responding to last month’s column, with about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

create value for shareholders. This month, for example, when Trian Partners, under the leadership of cofounder and CEO Nelson Peltz, wanted to tell investors why GE was an undervalued company, it posted an 81-page analysis online for... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2009
News

Lewis and Primo Receive Recognition for Achievements

Edward Lewis (OPM 7, 1982), founder and chairman of Essence Communications, and Quintin Primo (MBA ’79), chairman and CEO of Capri Capital Partners, were honored in March by the HBS African-American Alumni Association, the HBS... View Details

Keywords: awards; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2003
News

Meg's World

It’s been hard for eBay CEO Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) to stay out of the limelight lately. Fortune put her on the cover of its August 11 edition and named eBay eighth among the magazine’s “100 Fastest-Growing Companies.” CBS MarketWatch named... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Once a Fulbright…

Ruth Owades (MBA ’75), founder and former CEO of Calyx & Corolla, the pathbreaking online flower company, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Fulbright Association in May. Her Fulbright year in France, where she studied with... View Details

Keywords: awards; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2016
News

Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

travel activities booking site, “dedicated to making travel planning enjoyable.” Earlier this year, Peek raised an additional $10 million and announced an instant-booking partnership with Yelp. Getaway CEO... View Details