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  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

band together to lobby for government support, the concerns of restaurant owners and the unique realities and concerns of their industry remain largely unaddressed by View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A)

By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide Financial as an example. Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Labor Unions; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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    Ray A. Goldberg

    A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine

      Samuel L. Hayes

      Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

      • 10 Jul 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Privatization and the New European Economy

      "Privatization and the Role of the Governments in a Global Economy," the prime candidates for state-run operations clustered around five sectors of the European economy— transportation,... View Details
      Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation
      • March 2009 (Revised April 2009)
      • Case

      AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged)

      By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
      Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest public sector workers union in the U.S., was responsible for protecting the pensions of its members. Because pensions were invested for decades, Ferlauto wanted the companies in which... View Details
      Keywords: Voting; Investment; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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      • May 22, 2023
      • Other Article

      How to Manage Workforce Risk Amid Old Challenges, New Disruptions

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Michael Griffiths, Reem Janho, Michael Stephan, Carey Oven and Keri Calagna
      C-suites and boards have an opportunity to improve management and expand governance of their workforce to mitigate related risks more effectively. View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Risk and Uncertainty
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      • 04 May 2021
      • News

      The Heart of Business with Hubert Joly

        Christina R. Wing

        Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on families in business, and she is the creator of Demystifying the Family Enterprise, a course that explores... View Details

        • 06 May 2021
        • News

        Discussing The Heart of Business with Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly

        • 25 Apr 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

        curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO." But what they did discover should help CEOs learn to be more effective with their time, and provide boards with a new tool to help assess the... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding
        • 05 May 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

        the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Senate, said that the new law's value is that it helps eliminate conflicts of interest between auditors and a company's board of directors by decreeing that directors... View Details
        Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
        • Web

        Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network Social Progress Imperative Social Progress Imperative Michael... View Details
        • August 2012
        • Supplement

        William Jeffrey: Performance at Bay Colony (B)

        By: Lena G. Goldberg
        The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership And Managing People; Employment Law; Business or Company Management; Law; Leadership; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employment; Corporate Governance; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts
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        • 09 May 2017
        • First Look

        New Research and Ideas, May 9

        https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52605 Relative Performance Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 30 Nov 2016
        • Op-Ed

        Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

        break out the fees they add to loans. 6. Create a National Advisory Board on Responsible Financial Innovation We are aware that all too often, the creation of a national View Details
        Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
        • 14 Feb 2022
        • Research & Ideas

        Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

        natives (by definition, those younger than most senior leaders) to help them reach positions of significant authority (and even become board members). Elevating promising talent will help the company embrace the new View Details
        Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
        • 01 Mar 2010
        • Op-Ed

        A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

        Having weathered the 2008 crisis without U.S. government support, Ford has $23 billion in cash in the bank and a lineup of eco-friendly automobiles to which U.S. consumers are gravitating. GM only emerged... View Details
        Keywords: by Bill George; Auto
        • October 2006
        • Teaching Note

        Precista Tools AG (TN) (A), (B), and (C)

        By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson
        Teaching Note to (488-046), (488-047), and (488-048). View Details
        Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Race; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Resignation and Termination; Conflict and Resolution; Switzerland
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        • 30 Mar 2015
        • News

        An education reformer and social entrepreneur

        Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), a cultural exchange organization that has served 1.5 million students worldwide. In 1987 he began working with the British government to establish charter-type schools that specialized in technology.... View Details