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  • October 1990
  • Article

Bankruptcy, Boards, Banks, and Blockholders: Evidence on Changes in Corporate Ownership and Control When Firms Default

By: S. C. Gilson
In 111 publicly traded firms that either file for bankruptcy or privately restructure their debt between 1979 and 1985, bank lenders frequently become major stockholders or appoint new directors. On average, only 46% of incumbent directors remain when bankruptcy or... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance; Banks and Banking; Change; Business Ventures; Ownership
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  • 06 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Tech Community at HBS

In this Facebook Live conversation about the tech community at HBS, David Homa, the Director of the HBS Digital Initiative, and current students discuss the tech community here and resources available to students looking to learn more or... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2015
  • Video

Patricia Nettleship - Making A Difference

  • 20 Nov 2019
  • Video

Career & Professional Development Webinar

    Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe

    Keywords: Investments; Diversified
    • 01 Sep 2006
    • News

    Leadership Change at Ford Motor Company

    • 21 Apr 2015
    • Video

    How HBS Career Education Connects with Recruiting

    • 30 Mar 2015
    • Video

    Corrine Walijarvi - Making A Difference

    • February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
    • Case

    Ross Perot and General Motors

    By: Jay W. Lorsch
    In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Shares; Resignation and Termination; Business or Company Management; Agreements and Arrangements
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    • 09 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

    Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Lynn Schenk as the new director of its Business & Environment Initiative (BEI), succeeding Jennifer Nash, who will retire at the end of March after 5 years as director. Lynn steps into this role... View Details

      Cynthia A. Montgomery

      Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

        Raffaella Sadun

        Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Sadun received her PhD in Economics... View Details

        • 03 Sep 2015
        • News

        Why Boards Must Look Beyond Shareholders

        • 11 May 2016
        • Video

        2016 G&WS: Catherine Tinsley Presents “The Dialogue on Gender Differences”

        • September 2004 (Revised November 2004)
        • Case

        Sanford C. Bernstein: Growing Pains

        By: Boris Groysberg and Anahita Hashemi
        To remain competitive, Sallie Krawcheck and Lisa Shalett, Sanford C. Bernstein's director of research and associate director of research, respectively, were examining the need to expand the research department's size, not only domestically but also internationally.... View Details
        Keywords: Global Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion
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          Jay W. Lorsch

          Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details

          • 12 Nov 2019
          • Video

          Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

          Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon, India’s largest biopharmaceutical company, discusses how partnerships with Unilever, Cuban research institutes, and the global health companies... View Details
          • March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
          • Case

          Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)

          By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
          Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,... View Details
          Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; CEO Compensation; CEO Succession; Compensation Committee; Compensation Consultants; Compensation Design; Compensation Mix; Corporate Purpose; COVID-19; ESG; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Manufacturing; Midwest; Pandemic; Purpose; Spin Off; Strategic Change; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; Target-setting; Executive Compensation; Family Ownership; Governance; Restructuring; Strategy; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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          • January 2020 (Revised December 2024)
          • Case

          Governing PG&E

          By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
          The five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) listened intently at a public forum in April 2019 as PG&E Corporation’s out-going chairman Richard Kelly described the company’s proposed new board. PG&E, which provided electricity and natural... View Details
          Keywords: Bankruptcy; Board Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Business Ethics; Business Model Innovation; Corporate Boards; Energy Efficiency; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Government And Business; Hedge Funds; Institutional Investors; Legal Aspects Of Business; Regulated Monopolies; Regulation; Shareholders; Stakeholder Management; Strategy And Execution; Utilities; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Capital Structure; Climate Change; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Environmental Sustainability; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Management; Safety; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; California; United States
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          • February 1991 (Revised March 1995)
          • Case

          Alantar, Inc.

          By: Jay W. Lorsch
          The CEO and chairman of Alantar, Inc. is confronted with the problem of how to create a more effective board of directors and also how to provide for his own successor. View Details
          Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador
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