Publications

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. For enterprising companies—whether large... View Details

summer 1985
Article

High-tech Cardiology-Issues and Costs: A Panel Discussion

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and George L. Atkins

Keywords: Health; Cost; Technology; Health Industry

June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing Series TN

By: Lynn S. Paine and Joshua D. Margolis

Teaching Note for (9-395-127) and (9-395-128). View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; China

March 1995
Case

E. F. Hutton: Cash Management Crisis (B): The Bell Report

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Cash; Crisis Management; Financial Services Industry

July 1994
Supplement

E.F. Hutton (A) Supplement

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

August 1994
Case

E.F. Hutton (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

August 1994
Case

E.F. Hutton (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

Web

Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under Accounting & Management) Robert Simons Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Lynn View Details

September 2017
Teaching Note

The Allergan Board Under Fire (A) and (B)

By: John C. Coates, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 316-010 and 316-029. View Details

January 2023 (Revised April 2025)
Case

Peloton Interactive (A)

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and David Lane

Early in February 2022, the board of Peloton Interactive faced some knotty challenges. Immense pandemic demand for its stationary exercise bicycles and treadmills had prompted the firm to scale up production rapidly. But as gyms reopened and the virulence of the virus... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth Management; Investment Activism; Leadership; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; United States

March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
Case

Shepard Quraeshi Associates (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: United States

March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
Case

Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

Samina Quraeshi, principal of Boston-based Shepard Quraeshi Associates, must decide whether to take legal action against her key employees after they leave her firm to start their own, taking with them key clients and data. Quraeshi sees the situation as reflecting... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity; Nationality; Ethics; Employees; Gender; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Immigration; Growth and Development Strategy; United States

January 1998
Case

Sideco Americana S.A. (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Culture; Argentina

2021
White Paper

Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom: A Workshop Convened by Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative and Board Leadership Project

By: James I. Cash, Linda A. Hill, Hubert Joly, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Inclusion; Organization Culture; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Race; Fairness; Organizational Culture

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August 2005
Background Note

Dual Class Share Companies

By: Samuel L. Hayes III, Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

Provides a brief historical overview of dual class share companies in the United States, focusing on the New York Stock Exchange's evolving position on dual class structures since the 1920s, the impact of hostile takeovers on their use since the 1980s, and recent... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Capital Structure; Equity; Business History; Law; Organizational Structure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Perspective; Europe; United States

05 Jun 2017
News

Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement

the program. Rabbitt, a highly successful leader in the male-dominated construction industry, urged Groysberg, along with Frei and Senior Associate Dean and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Lynn S. Paine, to create a... View Details

Keywords: Margaret Kelley

11 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork

U.S - he was struck by the owners’ lament that they just couldn’t hire enough skilled trades people, industrial painters and welders, for example. Their pain point led Sam to start researching the world of green skilled trades. Initially,... View Details

24 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

are trying to decide whether and how to sell their company. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810041-PDF-ENG Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2011
Article

Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine

Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and... View Details

Keywords: Disruption; Economic Systems; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Markets; Risk and Uncertainty