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  • April 2009 (Revised March 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Evan Williams: From Blogger to Odeo (A) and (B)

By: Noam T. Wasserman
Teaching Note for [809088]. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Strategy; Groups and Teams; Blogs; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Governing and Advisory Boards; Projects; Entrepreneurship
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  • March 2018
  • Case

Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Investing; Activist Investing; Technology; CEO Turnover; Hedge Fund Activism; Benchmarking; Corporate Governance; Information Technology; Investment Activism; Performance Improvement; Management Succession; United States
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  • 21 Jul 2020
  • Video

Shirley Zinn

Shirley Zinn explains why she resigned from the Board of Cricket South Africa in 2019 to protest about poor corporate governance and media censorship. The CEO was dismissed shortly... View Details

    Forest L. Reinhardt

    Forest L. Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and HBS’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions and Tenure.

    Professor Reinhardt is interested in the relationships between market and nonmarket... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
    • March 2025
    • Case

    No One Left Behind (D)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
    In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • September 2010
    • Case

    Bush Brothers & Company

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
    The chairman and CEO of Bush Brothers grapples with leading and managing changes in strategy, governance and board composition, as well as succession, compensation and ownership issues, as he takes the family owned/family operated business into its fourth generation.... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Decision Making; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Wages; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
    • Case

    Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride

    By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
    Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; Information Technology; Transportation; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
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    • September 2018
    • Supplement

    From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment

    By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
    Keywords: Family Business; Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Governance; Work-life Balance; Leadership; Leading Change; Transformation; Succession Planning; Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Culture; Shareholder; Board Of Directors; Retail; Real Estate; Shopping Mall; Department Store; Growth; Lebanon; Middle East; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability
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    • 14 Feb 2018
    • News

    A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

    Partners, Coleman serves on the Los Angeles World Affairs Council board of directors, and the advisory boards of Stanford University’s Council of... View Details

      Jeffrey F. Rayport

      Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details

      • 23 Jan 2011
      • News

      Air Products ruling will set takeover benchmark

      • 01 Jun 1996
      • News

      Four Professors to Retire

      presidential commissions and has advised prominent government and company officials. During his career he has been a director of nine corporations, View Details
      Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

        Hubert Joly

        Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy
        Author of The Heart of Business– Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

        Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer in the General Management unit and... View Details

        • 01 Oct 2002
        • News

        HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

        Boston and Dublin, so building and maintaining connections with the School is another top priority. Barry serves on the twelve-member board of the HBS Clubs View Details
        • 24 Oct 2017
        • First Look

        First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

        https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718424-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-040 Sales Razor Technologies Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team,... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 15 Aug 2024
        • Op-Ed

        Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

        Establish clear accountability and governance structures, including appropriate legal counsel. Consider where it is needed and proper to have insurance, such as Directors View Details
        Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
        • 28 May 2019
        • Research & Ideas

        Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

        something differently like improve their governance and change their board. The same goes for auditors. With risk of litigation there’s a deterrent effect. If you know that I can sue you then you are less... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting
        • 01 Sep 2004
        • News

        MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement

        audience. Imagine, he asked, that you could carry in your pocket a miniature governing board composed of several individual voices and characters whose collective judgment... View Details
        Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
        • March 2025
        • Case

        No One Left Behind (C)

        By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
        In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
        Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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        • March 2025
        • Case

        No One Left Behind (B)

        By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
        In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details
        Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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