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  • August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
  • Case

Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group

By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
This case focuses on a large Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate and family business Zamil Group’s corporate and family governance journey. The 12 sons of the founder led and grew the group successfully after taking over from their father in 1961. The secret to their... View Details
Keywords: Middle East; Family Ownership; Family-owned Business; Saudi Arabia; Family Business; Governance; Organizational Structure; Values and Beliefs; Steel Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; Bahrain
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Binder Amgen, 1988–2000 Stephen Birch Kennecott Copper, 1915–1933 Clarence Birdseye General Seafood's Company, 1924–1929 William Blackie Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1963–1977 Harold Blancke Celanese Corporation of America, 1946–1966... View Details
  • April 2016
  • Supplement

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; United States; Canada
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  • February 1997
  • Case

RPG Enterprises--1995

By: Tarun Khanna
As in most emerging markets, a significant portion of the Indian private sector is dominated by extensively diversified, often family-owned or controlled, business groups. This case examines the strategy and structure of one of the largest business groups in India, at... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Alignment; Policy; Problems and Challenges; India
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  • 14 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

CEOs who had led successful corporate transformations and came to the same conclusion in a Harvard Business Review article: “[These leaders] say that culture isn’t something you 'fix.' Rather, in their experience, cultural change is what... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
  • Research Summary

Research overview

By: Julie Battilana

How can actors – be they individuals or organizations – diverge from deeply-seated norms and develop new ones, when their beliefs and actions are shaped by these very norms? This question lies at the heart of Professor Battilana’s research. To address it, she... View Details

    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: legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services; legal services
    • May 1991
    • Article

    Presidential Commitment and the Veto

    By: Daniel E. Ingberman and Dennis Yao
    A president's power to veto is widely recognized as an important weapon in the struggle with Congress over legislation. In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of the veto weapon with a simple model of presidential powers that incorporates informal institutional... View Details
    Keywords: Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Value; Taxation; Conflict and Resolution; Research; Performance Effectiveness; Legal Services Industry
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    • 26 Dec 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards

    Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel, Jodi L. Short & Melissa Ouellet
    • January 2007 (Revised October 2008)
    • Case

    H&R Block 2006

    By: Peter Tufano
    Mark Ernst, the Chairman, CEO and President of H&R Block, has to decide how to respond to a competitive threat posed by a competitor's refund-lending product. Block is the largest U.S. tax preparation firm, which competes not only on its tax preparation services, but... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Taxation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competition; Financial Services Industry
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    • 09 Apr 2024
    • Book

    Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning

    philosophy, and we not only have a heck of a good time with it, we work better because of it." Other companies have adopted more intense rituals, organizing treks into the wilderness, paintball competitions, corporate retreats, and group... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 09 Apr 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

    financial regulatory structures in order to make it viable. Before ARD could offer its stock, for instance, it had to obtain a number of exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from the Securities and Exchange Commission. ARD... View Details
    Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    technologies in the U.S. While there are several startups in clean energy that are well-suited to the traditional venture capital investment model, our analysis highlights a number of structural challenges related to venture capital (VC)... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
    • Case

    How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up

    By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Sasha Novakovich
    This case includes structured interviews with four serial entrepreneurs about the way in which they built and used their boards in each of their companies and what they have learned through that process. These entrepreneurs were asked similar questions, such as "How do... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
    • Case

    Lincoln Financial Group (A)

    Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate... View Details
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Training; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Corporate Strategy
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    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Financing Payouts

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
    We study the extent to which firms rely on the capital markets to fund their payouts. We find that 42% of firms that pay out capital also initiate debt or equity issues in the same year, resulting in 32% of aggregate payouts being externally financed. Most firms with... View Details
    Keywords: Payout Policy; Financing Decisions; Debt Issues; Equity Issues; Capital Structure; Decision Making; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance
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    • March 2025
    • Case

    The Changing Climate on Wall Street

    By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris
    Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks.
    In October 2024,... View Details
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Climate Change; Change Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States; Europe
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    • Research Summary

    Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

    A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

    Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting
    • Web

    Research Areas - Doctoral

    faculty-designed research project based on their indicated interests. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility research explores business impact of delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits to stakeholders. 2. Business and... View Details
    • 16 Aug 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

    Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna; Accounting