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  • 2019
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Succession Management

By: Joseph L. Bower
Although often described as an event, if succession is managed properly it is the culmination of a development process that takes place over a number of years, led by the CEO working with the board of directors. In the ideal situation several candidates will have been... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Management Succession
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Bower, Joseph L. "Succession Management." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, June 2016.)
  • January 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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Opportunity Partners

By: Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Philip Goldstein, the principal in a growing hedge fund and prominent activist investor, has taken a position in a Mexico-based closed-end fund. Following a hard-fought proxy contest in which he advocated for management to eliminate the fund's substantial discount,... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value; Financial Services Industry; Mexico
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Greenwood, Robin, and James Quinn. "Opportunity Partners." Harvard Business School Case 208-097, January 2008. (Revised July 2008.)

    Louis T. Wells

    Professor Louis T. Wells is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at the Harvard Business School. He has served as consultant to governments of a number of developing countries, as well as to international organizations and private firms. His... View Details

    Keywords: mining; telecommunications; utilities
    • November 2018 (Revised October 2019)
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    Rebuilding Puerto Rico

    By: Laura Alfaro, Laura Phillips Sawyer and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
    On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria swept over Puerto Rico, devastating the island’s infrastructure and agriculture. The natural disaster was layered atop years of mounting financial distress. Before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had accumulated $74 billion in debt and... View Details
    Keywords: Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Infrastructure; Borrowing and Debt; Economy; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Puerto Rico
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    Alfaro, Laura, Laura Phillips Sawyer, and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "Rebuilding Puerto Rico." Harvard Business School Case 719-018, November 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
    • December 2019 (Revised December 2022)
    • Case

    TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

    By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
    This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
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    Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History." Harvard Business School Case 320-064, December 2019. (Revised December 2022.)

      Clayton S. Rose

      Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His case writing is focused on the how leaders consider the... View Details

      Keywords: financial services

        Summer R. Jackson

        Summer Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.

        Professor Jackson is an organizational ethnographer... View Details

        • October 2003 (Revised November 2004)
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        Joe Bachelder: Executive Pay Negotiator

        By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Aaron Zimmerman
        Joe Bachelder was the leading executive pay negotiator in the United States, securing generous contracts for CEOs and executives at Fortune 500 companies. The CEO of Victor Sports Co. resigned, and the board offered the job to Charles Suarez, a star executive from a... View Details
        Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Executive Compensation; Retail Industry; Sports Industry
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        Barro, Jason R., Brian J. Hall, and Aaron Zimmerman. "Joe Bachelder: Executive Pay Negotiator." Harvard Business School Case 904-030, October 2003. (Revised November 2004.)
        • August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
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        Governance of the Family Business

        By: John A. Davis
        Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans (e.g., strategic plans), statements (e.g., mission statements), policies, rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in... View Details
        Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Mission and Purpose
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        Davis, John A. "Governance of the Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-022, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
        • September 1995
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        Benjamin Rosen and Compaq

        By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
        Addresses the challenges faced by Ben Rosen and the company board of directors as continuing problems force it to make a decision about the ongoing governance of the firm. The issues are complicated by the current CEO and founder, Rod Canion, who has had, until... View Details
        Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Corporate Governance; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Information Technology Industry
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        Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "Benjamin Rosen and Compaq." Harvard Business School Case 296-002, September 1995.

          Joseph L. Badaracco

          Joseph L. Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School's MBA and executive programs.
           
          Badaracco is a graduate of St. Louis... View Details

          • April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
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          Prodigy Services Company (A)

          By: Lynn S. Paine
          Top executives of Prodigy Services Co. must decide how to respond when publicly accused of allowing anti-Semitic messages to be posted on the electronic bulletin boards of the company's interactive computer service. Can they defend free expression while at the same... View Details
          Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Communication Intention and Meaning; Information Technology; Decision Making; Law; Management Teams; Information Technology Industry
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          Paine, Lynn S. "Prodigy Services Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-126, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
          • 10 Nov 2010
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          A New Era for Raiders

          • 13 Apr 2017
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          When Shareholders Speak Their Minds

          • 1999
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          Nucor Corporation (B)

          By: Vijay Govindarajan
          In January, 1999, Ken Iverson, the thirty-year leader of Nucor Corporation, was forced into retirement. Five months later, his successor, John Correnti, was asked to leave. The board of directors wanted fundamental shifts in Nucor's strategy and organization that... View Details
          Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Restructuring; Management Teams; Business Strategy
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          Govindarajan, Vijay. "Nucor Corporation (B)." 1999. (Case No. 2-0016.)
          • June 2000
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          Note on CEO Evaluation

          By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
          Discusses the trend toward formal evaluations, by boards of directors, of CEO performance. The benefits and challenges of CEO evaluation are discussed and a particular process of CEO evaluation at Dayton Hudson Corp. is described. Teaching Purpose: To introduce issues... View Details
          Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Business Processes; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Valuation
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          Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Note on CEO Evaluation." Harvard Business School Background Note 400-100, June 2000.

            Robin J. Ely

            Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change.... View Details

            • 23 Feb 2011
            • News

            George Is Confident in Apple Board's Succession Planning

            • December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
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            Plowman Poultry Farm

            By: Samuel L. Hayes III
            A poultry farmer wanted to expand production greatly and sought a large extension of his line of credit from his bank in addition to his existing loan on which he had not made payment. The Board of Directors must review a detailed account of events leading to this... View Details
            Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Commercial Banking; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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            Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Plowman Poultry Farm." Harvard Business School Case 262-003, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
            • March 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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            Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.

            By: Robert G. Eccles, Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng and Penelope Rossano
            This case is about the establishment, growth, and direction of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park ("Zhangjiang Park"), which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Considered to be one of the most competitive hi-tech industry clusters in China, the combined... View Details
            Keywords: Industry Clusters; Information Technology; Capital Markets; Urban Development; Buildings and Facilities; Competition; Business Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai
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            Eccles, Robert G., Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng, and Penelope Rossano. "Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 411-081, March 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
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