Publications

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

by passively while these great companies imploded? Why did they fail to select CEOs who could run these vaunted companies more successfully? Choosing the right person for the job Before examining the root causes of these succession... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Jun 2016
News

Digital Discrimination in a Sharing Economy

March 2014 (Revised October 2014)
Teaching Note

ISS A/S: The Buyout

By: Lucy White and Carsten Bienz

Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buyout; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details

Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe

February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
Case

ISS A/S: The Buyout

By: Clayton Rose, Carsten Bienz and Lucy White

Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buy-out; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details

Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe

Web

Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

What steps could Lehman Brothers have taken to prevent bankruptcy? What is the role of government and regulation in the financial industry? What ethical obligations do investment banks have to their clients... View Details

20 May 2011
News

We're Not As Moral As We Think (And How That Gets Us in Trouble)

Web

Recruiting Full-Time Employees | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for a fair and ethical recruiting process. Beginning in September you can interact with second-year students during the Networking Night or through a company presentation. Recruiting events for first-year... View Details

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

Is the economic downturn affecting the willingness and readiness of companies to look at the economic, social, and environmental impact of their business practices? Or is this a perfect time to reassess current programs and adapt them to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 2002
Background Note

Mediating in the Wake of Disaster: The MIT Settlement

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

In 1997, MIT freshman Scott Kruger died from alcohol poisoning after a ritual fraternity ceremony. His death sparked national controversy over the responsibility of universities for their students. For his parents, though, the pain was personal and almost solely... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Negotiation Deal; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Situation or Environment; Framework; Legal Services Industry; Education Industry

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program

not only the business setting but life as well, whether it be in boardroom meetings with music industry executives or in personal catch-ups with... View Details

07 Oct 2022
News

A Case for Greater Representation: A Q+A with Eric Calderon (MBA 2013) on Harvard Business School Admissions’ Use of “Latinos and the MBA Option”

October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

McDonald's Board of Directors (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

In October 2019, the McDonald’s Corporation board of directors, chaired by Enrique Hernandez, Jr., gathered to learn the results of their outside counsel’s investigation into the conduct of the CEO. On the surface, the iconic fast-food chain was thriving as growing... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Deal Me In

Black Photo Courtesy Fitdeck Have you heard about the latest must-have exercise equipment? Your local gym doesn’t have it, and that’s just fine with its inventor, Phil Black (MBA ’02), who’d rather see it in your shirt pocket. Black, a... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

business in other languages and cultures. While both law and business were of interest to me in college, the importance of an integrated,... View Details

March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation

By: Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Henry McGee

Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details

Keywords: Minority-owned Businesses; Racial Equity; Entrepreneurship; Race; Values and Beliefs; Small Business; Partners and Partnerships; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Brooklyn