Publications

06 Jul 2018
News

CEO Activism Will Only Get More Ubiquitous

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

the city’s Mental Health Co-Response Partnership, as well as with Andrea Smith, director of Workforce Training & Program Development at DWIHN. Her role as senior advisor in the Detroit Mayor’s office is Mendu’s first experience in municipal government, but she has... View Details

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Europe - Global Activities 2020

When first exploring the region, the research team envisioned a case focused simply on economic activity in the landlocked country. Upon talking to leaders in the government, business, social, and academic sectors, it became clear,... View Details

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Veterans & Active Military | MBA

Veterans & Active Military External Funding For Veterans Yellow Ribbon Program Harvard Business School (HBS) will contribute $20,000 per year to each eligible veteran, which is matched by the VA for a total of $40,000. For further... View Details

April 2017 (Revised April 2017)
Teaching Note

CEO Activism (A) and (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel and Aaron K. Chatterji

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 617-001 and 617-048. View Details

November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Marv Tseu at Active Reasoning

By: William A. Sahlman and Christina Darwall

Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of an early-stage software company. The company has made considerable progress in developing its software but will need additional capital to move forward. Unfortunately, conditions in the capital market are... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Capital; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry

10 Apr 2019
News

The rise of CEO activism

03 Apr 2016
News

The Power of C.E.O. Activism

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

Israel Israel Addressing Water Scarcity with Precision Irrigation Pictured: Drip irrigation funnels water and nutrients directly to the root zones of plants and the slow flow ensures uniform delivery. With climate change making water scarcity an increasingly pressing... View Details

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

Europe Europe Job-Matching Platforms Address the Refugee Crisis Pictured: The European refugee crisis continues to escalate—between 2011 and 2019 alone, more than 6 million people applied for asylum in the European Union. The assignment in the spring 2020 MBA elective... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2020

Israel Israel Leading Bank Leumi into the Future Pictured: Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of Bank Leumi How does a leader innovate in a setting where traditional business is working well? For Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of Bank Leumi (2012–2019), one of... View Details

October 2006 (Revised February 2009)
Teaching Note

Spyder Active Sports - 2004 (TN)

By: Belen Villalonga and Dwight B. Crane

Teaching Note to (206-027). View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

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Article

Energy Taxes and Aggregate Economic Activity

By: J. J. Rotemberg and Michael Woodford

Keywords: Taxation; Economics

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Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021

Asia Pacific Asia Pacific Marking Ten-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region Pictured: Professor of Management Practice Hirotaka Takeuchi hosted a virtual gathering in March to mark the 10th anniversary of the Immersive Field Course in Japan. A decade ago, a... View Details

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Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2020

Asia Pacific Spanning China and Southeast Asia to Indonesia and Japan, the School’s Asia-Pacific research outposts further faculty scholarship, support MBA and Executive Education programming, and develop opportunities for local alumni to connect with each other and... View Details

October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
Case

La Roche-Posay: Growing L'Oreal's Active Cosmetics Brand

By: Jill Avery, Vincent Dessain and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej

As 2018 neared its end, Laetitia Toupet, international general manager of L’Oréal’s La Roche-Posay brand reflected on the brand’s achievements over the past year. At €1 billion in revenue, La Roche-Posay had recently become the number one dermocosmetics brand in the... View Details

December 2012
Case

Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble

Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market, and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Growth Strategy; Growth Management; Yogurt; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Agribusiness; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; Australia