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Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. faces a hostile takeover bid from its competitor, Mentor Graphics. Mentor makes the bid at a moment when Quickturn's stock price is depressed and the company is defending against a patent suit filed by Mentor. The two companies have a... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

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20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

could not afford them. The executives were far from naive, however, about how tough it can be to create the corporate conditions that also foster social good. When a CEO tries to extend the company mission beyond short-term quarterly... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

globally, while in Japan quite a few companies have to face this issue.) Another challenge that Japanese companies face is corporate governance. I understand it is also a major challenge for U.S. companies because of the problems at... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

05 Dec 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

can be low growth and declining margins. The key challenge in aligning marketing activities with corporate strategy is to develop a set of metrics to be used by top executives and the board that measure the... View Details

June 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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Accounting for Leases at American Airlines (A)

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Julia Kelley

In March 2020, as coronavirus reduced demand for air travel, an analyst was forecasting American Airlines’ (American’s) first quarter financial results. To develop a forecast, she needed to familiarize herself with Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, “Leases... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leasing; Accounting Industry; Air Transportation Industry; North and Central America; United States

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13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

that the division might be in trouble, that corporate support is wavering, and that potential buyers are lining up. He wants to know what you know. Though the rumors are not altogether accurate, they do contain more than a few grains of... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

remain the company's executive chairman.) Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Bower, the Donald Kirk David Professor of Business Administration, is an expert on corporate strategy, organization, and leadership. He discusses the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

July 1999 (Revised December 2005)
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Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (G)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

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20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

Toffel and Chatterji plan to look at how the media cover CEO activism, how CEOs engage with their boards on their activism, and how activist comments by executives change actual purchase behavior, rather than just claimed intentions to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

There is no more important decision a board can make than naming a CEO. Yet most companies pay scant attention to the issue of succession other than a few whispered names in the hallways. The result? The hiring of an outsider who quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

excerpt, Thomas describes the key factors that made the initiative a success. Any major corporate change will succeed only if a few key factors are in place: strong support from company leaders, an employee base that is fully engaged with... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

have those high days rather than a lot of middle days—that's why I didn't go back to corporate America." . . . One of the most ambitious current experiments in "knowing" and "being known" has taken shape recently... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

professor Tom Eisenmann, who also serves on the board of OneMain.com, one of the nation's ten largest Internet service providers, and on the advisory boards of many Internet start-ups. Eisenmann's definition... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

June 2009
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The Role of the Audit Committee in Risk Oversight

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson

An audit committee chair considers how he can help his committee become more effective given the increasing regulatory demands on audit committees. He also wrestles with the lack of specificity in audit committee duties and whether his committee should take on... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management

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10 Apr 2007
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anchoring, and loss aversion is key to generating returns on the investment side and educating clients on the advisory side. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207084 Board of Directors of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2009
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shareholders. He believed this required good corporate governance and effective oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

generation moving up the corporate ranks. Stimulate Creativity by Fueling Passion Authors:Teresa Amabile and Colin M. Fisher Publication:In The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior. 2nd ed. London: Wiley-Blackwell,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

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