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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
Since the case method was introduced to management education by HBS in the 1920s, its approach to understanding business through real-world examples has been employed in thousands of classrooms throughout the world. Last May, the HBS Club of Maine took this... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 2022
- Working Paper
Passing the Mic: Career and Firm Outcomes of Executive Interactions
By: Wei Cai, Ethan Rouen and Yuan Zou
We exploit a unique feature of conference calls to study one type of interaction among executives—directly inviting colleagues to respond to analysts’ questions. We find that the frequency of initiating interaction is positively associated with an executive’s ability,... View Details
Keywords: Conference Calls; CEO Succession; Executive Interactions; Promotion; Interpersonal Communication; Personal Development and Career; Retention
Cai, Wei, Ethan Rouen, and Yuan Zou. "Passing the Mic: Career and Firm Outcomes of Executive Interactions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-069, May 2022.
- 2018
- Case
Search Fund Company Boards: How CEOS Can Build Boards to Help Them Thrive
By: Jason Pananos and A.J. Wasserstein
Pananos, Jason, and A.J. Wasserstein. "Search Fund Company Boards: How CEOS Can Build Boards to Help Them Thrive." Yale School of Management Case 18-017, 2018.
- June 1995 (Revised March 2008)
- Teaching Note
Phil Knight Managing NIKE's Transformation and Phil Knight: CEO at NIKE (1983) TN
By: Richard E. Walton
Teaching Note for (394-012) and (390-038). View Details
- 29 Jun 2018
- Podcast
Ep 7: The CEO of ING Netherlands describes his bank’s agile “big bang”
As customers become more demanding, businesses must work fast to release new products and provide a high-quality customer experience. To keep up, ING took a radical approach one might expect from a Silicon Valley technology company, not a big bank. Bill speaks with the... View Details
- Web
Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Special Assistant to the CEO Sometimes the right role comes as a consequence of long hours dedicated to research, networking, and soul-searching. At other times, the stars simply align – and the wise person’s job is to recognize it. After... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
and is operationally sound.” On top of building out the business plan and managing manufacturing delays, one of the other challenges Girard faced as a new CEO was deciding what she was going to hire for and what she would do herself.... View Details
- January 15, 2020
- Article
It's Time for Boeing's New CEO to Restore Trust by Putting People First
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "It's Time for Boeing's New CEO to Restore Trust by Putting People First." CNN.com (January 15, 2020).
- 01 Sep 2020
- Podcast
60. Overcoming the Capitalist's Dilemma, with Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services
In The Capitalist's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen and Derek van Bever highlighted a persistent temptation for companies to increase profitability by driving down costs through "efficiency innovations." For many companies awash in capital, this increased profitability... View Details
- November 7, 2019
- Article
WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay
While the WeWork saga has dealt another blow to already-low public confidence in business, it should also strengthen cries for fundamental changes to a system that offers supersized compensation for undersized performance. View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Accountability; Initial Public Offering
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay." CNN.com (November 7, 2019).
- 24 Jan 2021
- News
CEOs stepped up during the Trump era. They're not off the hook
- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)