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  • September 2006 (Revised February 2007)
  • Case

Timing of Option Grants at UnitedHealth Group (A)

Faced with press allegations that executives' stock options might have been backdated, the Board of UnitedHealth Group needs to determine whether its accounting for the options was proper, and if not, what the restatement amount should be and what... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Stock Options; Accounting; Crisis Management; Corporate Governance; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; United States
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    Joseph L. Bower

    JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

    Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
    • 05 Feb 2021
    • News

    Because Small Is Big

    • 18 May 2013
    • News

    Money might buy you happiness, if you spend it right

    • 03 Jun 2024
    • Blog Post

    Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description

    Crafting a simple yet effective job description is a fine art. Many organizations miss the golden opportunity to write job descriptions that captures their culture, conveys what View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • December 2024
    • Article

    Public Attitudes on Performance for Algorithmic and Human Decision-Makers

    By: Kirk Bansak and Elisabeth Paulson
    This study explores public preferences for algorithmic and human decision-makers (DMs) in high-stakes contexts, how these preferences are shaped by performance metrics, and whether public evaluations of performance differ depending on the type of DM. Leveraging a... View Details
    Keywords: Public Opinion; Prejudice and Bias; Decision Making
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    Why Compliance Programs Fail: And How to Fix Them

    By: Hui Chen and Eugene Soltes
    Firms spend millions of dollars annually on whistle-blower hotlines, training, and other efforts to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and company policies. Yet malfeasance remains entrenched in the corporate world. Why? Too many firms treat compliance as a... View Details
    Keywords: Governance Compliance; Programs; Employees; Training; Performance Effectiveness; Measurement and Metrics
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    • July 1999
    • Case

    Corbin Motors

    By: John A. Davis
    Explores the raising of capital to finance the growth of a spinoff business from Corbin-Pacific, a leader in motorcycle accessories. Also explores whether the culture of Corbin-Pacific can be infused in this new but very different kind of business. Finally, it asks the... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Capital; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges
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    • 28 Dec 2016
    • News

    Retail price reality check

    • Program

    The Women's Leadership Forum

    Summary While today's companies are making a concerted effort to grow leaders from within, many are missing a crucial opportunity by not fully utilizing the talents of... View Details
    • August 2021
    • Article

    Improving Sales Hiring

    By: Frank V. Cespedes
    Sales hiring presents inherent challenges not found to the same extent in talent management in other functional areas. Moreover, common hiring practices make a tough job needlessly harder. This article suggests practical ways to improve sales hiring: Hire for the Task,... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Selection and Staffing
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    • 06 Jul 2021
    • News

    Leading with Trust

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities

        Rakesh Khurana

        Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

        Professor... View Details

        Keywords: executive search
        • October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
        • Supplement

        Mark Pitts

        Describes Peoplestreet, an Internet business being developed at Cambridge Incubator. Peoplestreet is attempting to hire a VP of business development and has identified a candidate, Mark Pitts. Includes an overview of the position, three different interviews with the... View Details
        Keywords: Job Interviews
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          What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?

          We propose a framework to guide managers on identifying the optimal work configuration for maximizing the effectiveness of their knowledge-driven organization. These insights draw upon over a dozen large-sample empirical projects and case studies we’ve conducted... View Details

            Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor

            Although recent studies on African colonial tax systems have deepened our understanding of early fiscal capacity building efforts in the region, they have largely... View Details

            • 01 Jul 2011
            • News

            Searching for Professional Significance

            • 26 Aug 2011
            • News

            Disney, Walton, Ford, Gates: Tales of When Legends Leave

            • 27 Mar 2025
            • HBS Seminar

            John Horton, MIT Sloan