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02 Oct 2012
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Would Steve Jobs Have Fired Tim Cook?

September 2008 (Revised June 2010)
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Hearts On Fire - Brand Development Manager

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Benson P. Shapiro

Hearts On Fire, a successful branded diamond producer, established the position of Brand Development Manager (BDM) to build the company's presence, sales, and relationships with its retail customers. After one year, the CEO, CFO and President must evaluate the impact... View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Investment Return; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Business Processes; Salesforce Management; Business Strategy

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2004
Other Unpublished Work

Firefighting and Fire Size: A Dimensional Analysis

By: Dutch Leonard

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August 1993
Supplement

You've Just Got to Fire Him (B)

Presents a continuation of the (A) case. View Details

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26 Jul 2023
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Considering Capitalism in a World on Fire

12 Mar 2014
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Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

16 Jan 2019
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What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

May 2022
Article

When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct

By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru

We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry. We find evidence of a “gender punishment gap”: following an incident of misconduct, female advisers are 20% more likely to lose their jobs and 30% less likely to find new jobs... View Details

Keywords: Financial Advisers; Brokers; Gender Discrimination; Consumer Finance; Financial Misconduct And Fraud; FINRA; Financial Institutions; Employees; Crime and Corruption; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry

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2005
Working Paper

Asset Fire Sales (and Purchases) in Equity Markets

By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford

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18 Nov 2008
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Atos Origin Board Fires Chief Germond, Hires Breton

January 19, 2019
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What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Abhijit Naik

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September 2017
Teaching Note

The Allergan Board Under Fire (A) and (B)

By: John C. Coates, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 316-010 and 316-029. View Details

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24 Jul 2014
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How Internal Entrepreneurs Can Deal with Friendly Fire

Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship; innovation; strategy

07 Nov 2019
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McDonald’s fires its boss over a workplace romance

04 Jan 2022
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Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

(iStockphoto/tofumax) A corporate board’s most important decision is selecting the organization’s CEO. By the same token, one could argue that a board’s most distasteful decision concerns firing a CEO. Once directors agree to release the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett