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  • 01 Aug 2019
  • News

With local connections and quirkiness, indie bookstores thrive

  • 09 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Pursuing an Interest in Nonprofits at HBS

There are a number of ways to pursue an interest in nonprofit organizations while at HBS.  I have personally explored this interest through joining the Board Fellows and Social Enterprise Consulting Club, undertaking an View Details
  • 04 Oct 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

Cold Call: Corporate Governance and Growth Strategy at Capital SAFI

Keywords: Re: V.G. Narayanan; Financial Services
  • July 2010 (Revised February 2011)
  • Supplement

Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee
To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that their network-based consulting model remains sound. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Partners and Partnerships; Consulting Industry
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Gardner, Heidi K., and Erin McFee. "Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-027, July 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
  • June 2021
  • Case

One Family Textiles: Stepping Back to Move Forward?

By: V.G. Narayanan, Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais
This case explores how a family business builds a board that includes independent directors that helps to professionalize and strengthen governance in the company. The case relates to One Family Textiles, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered manufacturer of garments. The company... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Decision Making; Accounting
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Narayanan, V.G., Alpana Thapar, and Fares Khrais. "One Family Textiles: Stepping Back to Move Forward?" Harvard Business School Case 121-045, June 2021.

    Trevor Fetter

    Trevor Fetter is a Senior Lecturer and the Henry B. Arthur Fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has been on the faculty since 2019. He teaches two MBA required courses: Financial Reporting and Control and Leadership and Corporate Accountability. He has also... View Details

    • December 2024 (Revised March 2025)
    • Case

    Strategy and CEO Succession at Starbucks

    By: Krishna G. Palepu and David Lane
    On August 13, 2024, Starbucks announced that Laxman Narasimhan who was appointed as the CEO only in September 2023, was stepping down as CEO and board director “with immediate effect.” Laxman would be replaced on September 9 by Brian Niccol, CEO since 2018 of Chipotle... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Management Succession; Cost Management; Labor Unions; Working Conditions; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Service Operations; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resignation and Termination; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    Palepu, Krishna G., and David Lane. "Strategy and CEO Succession at Starbucks." Harvard Business School Case 125-040, December 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
    • 07 May 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: May 7

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/130424-CGK-IPE.pdf Board Games: Timing of Independent Directors' Dissent in China By: Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—This paper examines the circumstances under which... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 28 May 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: May 28

    independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e., how they justify such dissent to public investors. We... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Sep 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

    I've been preaching for a long time. Boards look for independent people who by definition are likely to know very little about the company. Nobody is going to stand up and say, "We don't want View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson
    • April 2012 (Revised June 2012)
    • Case

    HP Labs in Singapore

    By: Willy Shih, Pankaj Agarwal and Christine Chi
    When HP established a branch of its corporate research lab in Singapore, the government played a key role through its Economic Development Board (EDB). Chris Whitney, the lab's director, sought to generate revenue from the lab's innovations, making it financially... View Details
    Keywords: Research and Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Development Economics; Government and Politics; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation and Invention; Revenue; Technology Industry; Singapore
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    Shih, Willy, Pankaj Agarwal, and Christine Chi. "HP Labs in Singapore." Harvard Business School Case 612-080, April 2012. (Revised June 2012.)
    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

    By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong
    Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Change; Diversity
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    Rajgopal, Shiva, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong. "Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-108, April 2019.
    • 13 Sep 2011
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    First Look: September 13

    http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132779781 Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Management Science (forthcoming)... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2007 (Revised July 2008)
    • Case

    Kinder Morgan, Inc. - Management Buyout

    Kinder Morgan, Inc., was a leader in the transportation and distribution of energy throughout North America, managing a master limited partnership with over $35 billion in infrastructure assets. In the summer of 2006, Richard Kinder, the founder and chairman of Kinder... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Fairness; Governing and Advisory Boards; Privatization; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict of Interests; North America
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    El-Hage, Nabil N., Leslie Pierson, Ewa Bierbrauer, and Francine Chew. "Kinder Morgan, Inc. - Management Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 207-123, June 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
    • October 2008
    • Article

    Evaluating the CEO

    By: Stephen P. Kaufman
    This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. After Kaufman became a CEO, he was struck by how perfunctory the board was in its... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives
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    Kaufman, Stephen P. "Evaluating the CEO." First Person. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).
    • October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
    • Case

    Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture

    By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig
    On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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    Frei, Frances X., Robin J. Ely, and Laura Winig. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture." Harvard Business School Case 610-015, October 2009. (Revised June 2011.)

      George A. Riedel

      George A. Riedel is the Henry B. Arthur Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit, where he currently teaches TEM (The Entrepreneurial Manager) and acts as a Section Chair in the Required Curriculum (RC). He has also taught TOM (Technology and... View Details

      • July 2016
      • Case

      'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

      By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal
      In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry
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      Gow, Ian, Suraj Srinivasan, and Neeraj Goyal. "'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 117-029, July 2016.

        Allison H. Mnookin

        Allison Mnookin is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit at the Harvard Business School.  She currently is the co-chair of the first-year MBA Technology and Operations Management course. In addition, she... View Details

        • September 2022 (Revised September 2024)
        • Case

        Esas Group: Investing Together, Staying Together

        By: Christina R. Wing and Alpana Thapar
        This case opens in June 2022, after Esas Group, one of Turkey’s largest family-owned investment firms, implements a series of changes to professionalize the business and help transition family members from operators to responsible investors. In December 2019, the Group... View Details
        Keywords: Family Business; Transition; Business or Company Management; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Turkey
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        Wing, Christina R., and Alpana Thapar. "Esas Group: Investing Together, Staying Together." Harvard Business School Case 623-027, September 2022. (Revised September 2024.)
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