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  • October 1993
  • Case

United Way of America: Governance in the Nonprofit Sector (A), The United Way

By: Jay W. Lorsch
Discusses the management practices of William Aramony at the United Way of America (UWA). First, the case describes the United Way movement, focusing on both the local chapters and the national organization. Second, it sets forth the Washington Post reports that lead... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Nonprofit Organizations; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Crisis Management; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

of managers to set up and serve as a board of directors. The corporate partners would also recruit a larger group of corporations, called WDC Affiliates, to the effort. Partners and affiliates, as... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • September 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A)

By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
Just as Duke Energy and Progress Energy announce their merger—forming the largest utility company in the United States, to be led by the current Progress CEO—a nuclear reactor owned by Progress suffers major damage and must be taken offline. While Progress grapples... View Details
Keywords: Duke; Progress; Nuclear Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; United States
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  • September 2020
  • Case

Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Governing and Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Ohio; United States
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  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

HBS professor emeritus George C. Lodge's idea of a World Development Corporation has been percolating for years—he wrote a seminal article on the proposal in Foreign Affairs in 2002 (reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge). The WDC would be a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • Career Coach

Rich Schneider

as a part-time faculty member focusing on strategy; and HBS as a career coach. He primarily works with people who are interested in transitioning their careers most typically those who are exploring moving into consulting and corporate... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Health Care; Manufacturing; Sports

    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
    • Career Coach

    Boom Supatpitak

    specific requests (interview preparations, resume/cover letter reviews) or be a sounding board in an open discussion. To make an appointment, please send Boom an email. Work Experience: Keurig Dr. Pepper, DICK's Sporting Goods... View Details
    • 30 Aug 2006
    • Op-Ed

    The Compensation Game

    Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,... View Details
    Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
    • 22 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 22

    program, developed under the umbrella role Genzyme's corporate social responsibility, fits into its global competitive strategy. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910407-PDF-ENG Leading Teams Note Harvard Business... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 16 Jul 2021
    • Blog Post

    Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society

    On Earth Day 2021, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and the AMP199 Energy Circle co-hosted a conversation between Joan MacNaughton, Chair of the Climate Group and of the Advisory Board of the New Energy Coalition of Europe, and... View Details
    • 24 Jan 2024
    • Op-Ed

    Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

    corporate executives from its engineering and product decisions and alienated its Seattle-based engineers. Leader turnover, ethical lapses, and buybacks After Condit resigned in 2003 following an ethics scandal, Boeing’s View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    When to Take the Leap: The Antecedents and Consequences of Leapfrog CEOs

    By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng
    Much of the prior research on CEO successions focuses on differences between CEOs appointed from within the firm and those appointed from outside; however, this dichotomy neglects significant heterogeneity in CEOs’ career trajectories. In this study, I examine the... View Details
    Keywords: Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Management
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    • November 2008 (Revised April 2010)
    • Case

    The Bridgespan Group: Chapter 2

    By: Allen S. Grossman, Naomi Greckol-Herlich and Cathy Ross
    The Bridgespan Group was launched in 2000 by management consulting group Bain & Company as a nonprofit focused on strategy consulting for nonprofits and philanthropists. Over the next eight years, Bridgespan expanded its services to include executive search, knowledge... View Details
    Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Consulting Industry
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    • March 2017 (Revised December 2018)
    • Case

    Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company

    By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
    Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and Buzz Lightyear strolled down Main Street at the grand opening of Hong Kong Disney in the fall of 2005, pausing to snap selfies with enthusiastic children in Mickey Mouse ears. Bob Iger, newly appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company,... View Details
    Keywords: Franchise Management; Brand Management; Culture Change; Business Units; Acquisition Strategy; Technological Change; Disney; ESPN; Cord-cutting; Bob Iger; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Integration; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    • February 1994 (Revised February 1996)
    • Case

    Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management

    By: Peter Tufano
    Union Carbide's board of directors is asked to evaluate a proposal from the staff treasurer's that would articulate policies to manage its debt portfolio. The staff proposes that shareholder value will be maximized if the firm manages its exposure to interest rates by... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Interest Rates; Corporate Finance; Chemical Industry
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    • 01 Aug 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

    consider showing up for work?" Bill Bittner observed that, "Those boards that recognize the need for change early can use the existing talent to make it happen, and save both money and careers." Anshu Vats said, " . .... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • Research Summary

    Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

    Part of the fear and misunderstanding of state capitalism in the post-Berlin Wall era stems from the fact that most observers see state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as inefficient soviet companies. In Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and... View Details

    Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Development Banks; State Ownership; Development Economics; Management; Energy Industry; Banking Industry; Brazil; China; Europe; Latin America; Asia
    • 03 Nov 2003
    • What Do You Think?

    Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

    who wrote, "... legislative and regulatory response treats the symptoms (means) rather than the disease (motivation). Transparency is only as successful as the least creative obscurantist." He recommends, among other things, prohibiting "by regulation... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • January 2018
    • Case

    Trian Partners' Proxy Contest at Procter & Gamble

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
    In July 2017, activist hedge fund Trian Partners announced that it was launching a proxy fight at U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. P&G would be the largest company ever subjected to a proxy fight, as Trian sought to have its CEO, Nelson Peltz, elected to the... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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