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  • April 27, 2020
  • Article

A Crisis Playbook for Family Businesses

By: Josh Baron and Ben Francois
In a business crisis, the power of family business owners is magnified. Unlike public companies, which typically focus on maximizing shareholder value, family owners value objectives that usually go well beyond financial returns (e.g., family legacy, reputation). This... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Crisis Management; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships
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    Nitin Nohria

    Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

    As Dean, building on... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; arts; biotechnology; emerging market private equity; energy; executive search; financial services; green technology; health care; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services

      Paul W. Marshall

      MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

      Keywords: aerospace; banking; brokerage; computer; consulting; defense; management consulting; manufacturing; metals; professional services; retail financial services; retailing; steel
      • August 15, 2014
      • Article

      Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

      By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
      This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details
      Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes
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        Tarun Khanna

        Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton... View Details

        • 20 Apr 2009
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank

        Keywords: by Ashwin Kaja & Eric Werker
        • 20 Apr 2009
        • Research & Ideas

        Misgovernance at the World Bank

        Getting a seat at the table often makes all the difference in the world. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that this idea holds true literally at the World Bank, where the 24 countries serving on the Board of Executive... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace

          Robert C. Merton

          Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

          Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

          Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services

            W. Carl Kester

            Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

            Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
            • 13 May 2014
            • First Look

            First Look: May 13

            http://hbr.org/2014/05/making-freemium-work/ar/1 August 2013 Directors & Boards Dynamics of the Board Interview By: McGarvie, Blythe Abstract—You want candidates who meet... View Details
            Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
            • 13 Dec 2011
            • First Look

            First Look: Dec. 13

              PublicationsAdding Bricks to Clicks: Predicting the Patterns of Cross-Channel Elasticities over Time Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John Deighton, and Mary Caravella Publication:Journal of Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we propose a... View Details
            Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

              David A. Thomas

              David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change.  He recently served as a... View Details

              Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media
              • 24 Oct 2005
              • Research & Ideas

              Building an IT Governance Committee

              In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan explored the role of the board of directors in IT governance—and how most "fall into the default mode of applying a set of tacit or explicit rules... View Details
              Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
              • 23 Jul 2001
              • Research & Ideas

              Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

              him and one of its board members? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process, as well as the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance, has been the goal of recent... View Details
              Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

                Robert H. Hayes

                Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from... View Details
                • 05 Nov 2009
                • Research & Ideas

                A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

                100 academic-housed whole-body donation programs (University of Florida State Anatomical Board 2004) and a dozen for-profit or non-profit entrepreneurial ventures. Though welcomed by some specimen users, entrepreneurial ventures often... View Details
                Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
                • 09 Sep 2024
                • HBS Case

                McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

                behemoth’s corporate culture as it collided with the #MeToo movement’s spotlight on sexual relationships and power in the workplace. And as new information about Easterbrook’s romantic relationship with other employees emerged, it became clear to the company’s View Details
                Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
                • 16 Jun 2015
                • Blog Post

                Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

                welcomed me to campus. Together we crossed the Lars Anderson Bridge over the Charles to hear Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein speak in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. The discussion in the Forum was dynamic and the energy was contagious.... View Details

                  Malcolm S. Salter

                  Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

                  In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

                  Keywords: arts; automobiles; energy; investment banking industry; retailing; venture capital industry
                  • Research Summary

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                  By: Aiyesha Dey
                  Professor Dey’s research explores governance and agency conflicts, board structure, governance regulation and corporate behavior, ownership structure, and the relation between executives’ characteristics and corporate behavior. In analyzing corporate governance... View Details