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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
governance-related frictions. Collectively, these findings provide new evidence on the explicit practice of using relative performance benchmarks and on its implications for corporate governance and firm performance. Flexing the Frame:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Sinking By James B Lockhart (MBA 1974) Koehler Books James B. Lockhart, a former submarine officer with the U.S. Navy who went on to play a large part in the government ’s response to the global financial crisis, tells an important story... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Students, Alumni, and Colleagues Gather to Discuss Leadership in the Energy Industry
governments play in these changes, and how does that differ for emerging and developed nations? Bringing together over 50 executives and thought leaders from the energy industry, the 2015 Energy Symposium at Harvard Business School will... View Details
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Affordable housing resources
Affordable Housing Institute National Housing Institute: Research Habitat for Humanity Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University National Association of Realtors: Housing Affordability Index Websites View Details
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Historic Industry & Trade Literature | Baker Library
Historic Industry & Trade Literature Baker Old Class The Baker Old Class collection is Baker Library’s first circulating collection. These materials offer a depth and breadth rarely seen in business literature collections. The extensive holdings include trade... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, the company would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that would benefit economically from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Scaling Peaks for Cancer Research
expedition came to joint-degree student John Serafini (HBS and Kennedy School of Government 2007) after his sister’s bout with thyroid cancer. She was successfully treated at Children’s Hospital Boston last June. Grateful for her... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
may not lead us to the greatest common good ... without government action(s).... These might take the form of incentives." Richard Eckel expanded on this idea, saying that "To suggest that for-profits embody any form of moral... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1969 A.B., Government LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "By... View Details
- December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Supplement
Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (C)
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
After posting its first-ever quarterly loss in 2008, Goldman Sachs surpassed market expectations for the first quarter of 2009 but came under intensive fire for, among other things, announcing its intention to repay TARP thereby avoiding its compensation limitations. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Corporate Disclosure; Policy; Executive Compensation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain. "Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 310-057, December 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- December 2023
- Teaching Note
Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The TN provides conceptual background and a suggested teaching plan for using the HBS case 724-404. It discusses the concepts and issues related to the main teaching objectives of the case, i.e. the nature and effective structuring of cluster-based economic... View Details
- August 22, 2019
- Article
CEOs Say Their Aim Is Inclusive Prosperity. Do They Mean It?
By: Lynn S. Paine
Earlier this week, the Business Roundtable issued a statement on corporate purpose. It is noteworthy both for its endorsement of inclusive prosperity as an ideal and for its rejection of maximizing shareholder returns as the sole corporate objective. However, the real... View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "CEOs Say Their Aim Is Inclusive Prosperity. Do They Mean It?" Harvard Business Review (website) (August 22, 2019).
- June 2013
- Article
Dysfunction in the Boardroom: Understanding the Persistent Gender Gap at the Highest Levels
By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level positions. Countries in the European Union are attempting to institute laws regarding the minimum... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Gender; United States; European Union
Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell. "Dysfunction in the Boardroom: Understanding the Persistent Gender Gap at the Highest Levels." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 6 (June 2013): 88–97.
- 4 Apr 2013
- Panel Discussion
Getting onto Corporate Boards
By: Lynn S. Paine
- September 2010
- Supplement
Sherritt Goes to Cuba (B): Dealing with Political Risk Under Raul Castro
By: Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan Schlefer
Musacchio, Aldo, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Sherritt Goes to Cuba (B): Dealing with Political Risk Under Raul Castro." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-002, September 2010.
- February 1996
- Case
Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. The CEO of Eastman, Earnest Deavenport did not want the new company's board any members of the Kodak board to include, so he initiated a deliberate and thorough process to build an entirely new board that he hoped would... View Details
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch." Harvard Business School Case 496-043, February 1996.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading the way in times of crisis
Joe Lhota (MBA 1980) is the kind of courageous, steady presence you want at your side when crisis hits. Consider Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, when New York City’s streets, tunnels, and subway lines were flooded, and power was cut to many businesses and residences.... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
'Storrowed': A Generative AI Exercise
By: Mitchell Weiss
Teaching Note for HBS Exercise No. 824-188. “Storrowed” is an exercise to help participants raise their proficiency with generative AI. It begins by highlighting a problem: trucks getting wedged underneath bridges in Boston, Massachusetts on the city’s Storrow Drive.... View Details
- Article
Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances
By: Josh Lerner and Dan Elfenbein
We explore the relationship between exclusivity and state-contingent control rights using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance contracts. We find that stronger exclusivity arrangements are associated with more frequent usage of contingent control rights. For... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Dan Elfenbein. "Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 28, no. 1 (April 2012): 45–76.