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21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

and alumni shared their insights on the future of the energy and clean-tech sectors. “It was a chance for current students to make connections with alumni working in these industries, and find inspiration,” says Jennifer Nash, View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

operations of their complicated, not-for-profit institutions. "The job of running a museum is much bigger and broader than it once was," observes HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, an... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

12 May 2009
News

Schumer's Shareholder Bill Misses the Mark

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary on the history View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
Case

Clear Channel 2006

By: Richard S. Ruback and Leslie Pierson

The Board of Directors of Clear Channel Communications, a radio broadcasting and outdoor advertising company, has to respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Offer; Privatization; Business and Shareholder Relations

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14 Mar 2014
Blog Post

Looking to the Next Decade of Change: A Recap of the 10th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference

well as the club will continue to evolve. -Gina Pak (MBA ‘15) Retail & Luxury Goods Club (RLGC) Director of Conference Marketing (Photo credit: Jean Yang, Harbus News) For more information on the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

best way to catalyze lasting change is to support people who are entrenched in local communities and will be there for the long term,” says Wasim, a managing director at the private equity firm of Hellman... View Details

November 1999 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Compaq Computer Corporation: The DEC Acquisition

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Barbara Feinberg

Compaq's board of directors is faced with responsibility for setting the price range and terms for the proposed acquisition of Digital Equipment Corp. The transaction is described in the context of the rapidly evolving markets and business models of the computer... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Situation or Environment; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Computer Industry

Chip Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Chip served as president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) from September 2011 until January 2024. He also served on the Company’s Board of Directors... View Details

January 2009
Supplement

The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)

By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane

Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Balance and Stability; Valuation; New York (state, US)

01 Mar 2018
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

1996), governor of Kaduna State; Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004), executive director of Junior Achievement Nigeria and recipient of the 2017 HBSAN... View Details

Fall 2020
Article

Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa

By: Michael A. Wheeler

Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details

Keywords: Art; Negotiation; Arts

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24 Apr 2014
News

Improving the quality of food in Nigeria

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) is helping her country rethink the way it feeds itself. The cofounder and director of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, an agroprocessing company in Nigeria, is empowering... View Details

October 6, 2020
Article

Test Your Board's Readiness for the Post-COVID Era

By: Lynn S. Paine

Research suggests that well-run boards take the process of self-evaluation quite seriously, often using a combination of director surveys and personal interviews to assess the functioning and effectiveness of the board, its committees, and its individual members. As... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Evaluation

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Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

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Ratings of nonprofits based on their Accountability & Transparency and Financial Health. Advisory Board for the Arts Global network-based learning organization in the cultural sector. Statistics... View Details

26 Oct 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

When it became clear that my summer internship with Maverick Ventures, an early stage Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, was going to be remote, I had a lot of questions on my mind. What would it be like to work with a team I... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
Case

No One Left Behind (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane

In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted U.S. forces as combat translators;... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States

March 2009
Case

Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics

By: Lynn S. Paine and G.A. Donovan

The new outsider-dominated board of directors of China's state-owned Baosteel Group must decide whether to modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; China