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    Leonard A. Schlesinger

    Leonard A. Schlesinger is Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School where he serves as Chair of the School’s Practice based faculty and faculty Chair of the MBA Field Global Immersion program. He has served as a member of the HBS faculty from 1978 to... View Details

    • April 2012
    • Article

    How Many Direct Reports?

    By: Gary L. Neilson and Julie Wulf
    If senior executives are feeling ever more pressed for time, why would they add more to their plates? It might sound counterintuitive, but research by Booz & Company's Gary L. Neilson and me shows that over the past 20 years the CEO's average span of control, measured... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Adaptation; Personal Development and Career; Cooperation; Management Teams
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    • April 2004 (Revised September 2007)
    • Case

    Accounting Fraud at WorldCom

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Kiron
    The principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of... View Details
    Keywords: Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Financial Reporting; Organizational Culture; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits
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      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
      • 09 Sep 2015
      • News

      America has 5.8 million job openings

      • 03–06 Oct 2013
      • Reunion

      1978 35th Fall Reunion

      Fall Reunions for MBA Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988 and several Executive Education Programs. View Details
      • November 2008 (Revised October 2012)
      • Case

      Nestle

      By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
      In April 2008, Paul Bulcke took over as CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of outstanding results while moving the company toward a new vision of health, nutrition, and wellness. Bulcke's... View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Overview

      By: Malcolm P. Baker
      I currently teach Finance 1 in the required curriculum. In the past, I have taught Finance 2, I have taught in the elective curriculum - Investment Strategies and Behavioral Finance - and I have taught in executive courses, including Finance for Senior Executives and... View Details
      • October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
      • Case

      Data Breach at Equifax

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Quinn Pitcher and Jonah S. Goldberg
      The case discusses the events leading up to the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three U.S. credit reporting companies, the organizational and governance issues that contributed to the breach, and the consequences of the breach. The case supplement provides... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Information Management; Cybersecurity; Technology Industry; United States
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      • 17 Dec 2020
      • Video

      Interaction with the Broader HBS Community

      • 02 Aug 2022
      • Blog Post

      From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

      and would require a lot of business development and strategic planning. I convinced the executive leadership to let me spend a year in the business team. I made significant contributions while serving as a bridge between the siloed... View Details
      • 06 Mar 2020
      • News

      A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

      • Nov 17 2022
      • Testimonial

      Searching For New Insights And Ideas

        Jeffrey T. Polzer

        Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

          Andy Wu

          Andy Wu is the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He researches, teaches, and advises managers... View Details

          Keywords: software; e-commerce industry; venture capital industry; biotechnology; video games

            Elie Ofek

            Elie Ofek is a Professor in the Marketing unit at the Harvard Business School. Professor Ofek's research focuses on new product strategies in technology-driven business environments as well as in consumer-oriented companies in general. He explores interactions... View Details

            Keywords: internet; media; high technology; consumer products

              Paul M. Healy

              Paul Healy is the James R. Williston Professor at the Harvard Business School. His research covers a broad range of topics, including white collar crime, governance, business ethics, financial analysis, and Wall Street research. He joined the HBS faculty in 1998,... View Details

              Keywords: accounting industry; brokerage; pharmaceuticals
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              Program for Leadership Development

              Summary Innovative companies know that long-term success requires a pipeline of visionary leaders who can help build and secure a competitive edge. The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) prepares emerging executives to become more... View Details
              • 07 Aug 2015
              • News

              America's persistent problem: Unskilled workers

              • 06 Jun 2017
              • News

              U.S. has record 6 million job openings, even as 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs