board activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2023
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Novo Nordisk

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

Career Coach

Mo Fong

and healthcare start-ups. Mo is part of the Asian Women Coaching Collective, previous board member of the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Community, and was active in Google’s Asian Director+... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)

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Lehman Archives & Deal Books | Baker Library

of the company but they represent what is extant of this innovative and influential firm. The business records highlight the administrative and financial activities of Lehman Brothers, and include board... View Details

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Lehman Brothers Records | Baker Library

administrative and financial activities of Lehman Brothers, and include board meeting minutes, company strategy, financial operations, communications material and reports, and correspondence. Office and... View Details

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

Bioethanol Industry By: Khanna, Tarun, and Santiago Mingo Abstract—Industrial policy programs are frequently used by governments to stimulate economic activity in particular sectors of the economy. This study explores how an industrial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
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Online Elective for MBA Students

How to Live, as well as from articles on leadership from the Harvard Business Review and the business press. Student-written assignments based on topics under study were posted on discussion boards on the course’s Web site, as were... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206108 The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions Author:William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Note 206-101 Explores the importance of private equity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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1.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA

serious violation of the personal rights upon which the community is based. Furthermore, although the administrative process and activities of the University cannot be ends in themselves, such functions are vital to the orderly pursuit of... View Details

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

2002, fell nine spots to 64, according to the ISC. "This year's decline was driven especially by higher levels of corruption, weaker assessment of buyer sophistication, and concerns about labor relations," the study found. Also contributing were weak property... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2008
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Where Are They Now?

that there might just be too many activities available and too much to do, thus decreasing the serendipity of chance social encounters among residents as they crisscross the community’s lush green grounds. Even so, Marshall, a marketing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
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Remembering “Mr. Harvard”

When it came to his wise counsel and support, however, no institution likely benefited more than Harvard University, which awarded Gordon an honorary doctorate in 1977. At HBS, just one of the Harvard schools he helped, Gordon served on the View Details

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

school board and other local institutions is the product of decades of nepotism and poor practices, she says—it can’t be pinned on a few bad actors. Any criminal activity will continue to be investigated and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

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GuideStar Pro | Baker Library

GuideStar Pro Information about the missions, programs, and finances of IRS-recognized organizations. Read More Includes public charities, private foundations, and nonprofit trade associations. GuideStar also provides grant activity of... View Details

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Matt Oppenheimer

Since college, Matt Oppenheimer's career choices have been guided by two passions: the "fast-paced and results driven" environment of investment banking and the social mission of nonprofits. Matt currently sits on the boards of... View Details

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Anthony Martore

In my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course during the first semester, we stepped outside of the classroom and completed a two-day live simulation resembling a factory assembly line. We organized production groups of eight classmates per team to make as... View Details

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

promoting the best managers from each organization, (6) timed their integration activities to avoid significant disclosure prior to regulatory approval of the acquisition while doing whatever necessary to "survive" a sometimes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Dec 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

marketing function and the C-suite. Reasons for this are varied, but may include CEO and board priorities taken up by other issues or too much delegation of responsibility to the chief marketing officer. When a firm's marketing View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS

of active partnership with the School that makes HBS unique among educational institutions.” Light said the School’s 100th anniversary in 2008 would be “an opportunity to do just that, as well as take stock of what we want HBS to be in... View Details