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  • June 2014
  • Article

Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

By: Joy Ishii and Yuhai Xuan
This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives... View Details
Keywords: Mergers; Acquisitions; Social Ties; Social Connections; Mergers and Acquisitions; Relationships; Outcome or Result
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    Chip Bergh

    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)
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    • 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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    • 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
    • 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
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    • 09 Jul 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

    Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
    • 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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    • 29 Jun 2016
    • News

    Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story

    financed by women, in an industry where women have been largely underrepresented in all of these roles,” says Mandelli, who is managing director of the investment firm Kohlberg... View Details
    Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; photography by Chris Taggart; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
    • 09 Mar 2021
    • News

    Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

    health care. These are just three examples out of dozens of active employer partnerships. The CCRI Foundation Board also includes a number of... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
    • 06 Nov 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

    Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored the cyclic nature of the industry as... View Details
    Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
    • Fast Answer

    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

      Michael Y. Yoshino

      Professor Yoshino holds the Herman C. Krannert Chair in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and is a Director of Research. He specializes in global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. A founding member of the... View Details

      • July 2008 (Revised September 2010)
      • Case

      Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
      Larry Scott, the new CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, arrives amidst turmoil. Players and tournaments clash over opposing interests. As a result, the board members who represent them are equally divided and feel conflicted about their role. They aren't sure how... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Cooperation; Sports Industry
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        Srikant M. Datar

        Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

        Keywords: accounting industry; airline; automobiles; banking; biotechnology; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; health care; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; venture capital industry
        • 24 Apr 2014
        • News

        Advancing the cause of women’s leadership in business

        Having broken barriers in her own career, Ilene Lang (AB 1965, MBA 1973) has made it her mission to help other women succeed in business. The retired CEO of Catalyst now serves as senior advisor of the... View Details
        • 01 Jun 2018
        • News

        Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

        (AASU)—were each presented with the Hutchins Center’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (far right), director of the center. The medal is Harvard’s highest honor in the field View Details
        • 06 Feb 2006
        • What Do You Think?

        Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

        one of the three most important issues facing managers and directors in 2006. He commented that, "Activist shareholders, led by hedge funds which today have aggregate assets View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
        • 05 Jul 2023
        • HBS Case

        What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

        several case studies to highlight the challenges leaders face when attempting to apply the right orientation. Consider the Boston Ballet under the tenure of Executive Director Max Hodges. HBS Senior Lecturer... View Details
        Keywords: by Ben Rand
        • Web

        2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA

        Director to discuss the situation before a decision is made. How a student handles the decision is critical. The CPD Office cannot stress enough how seriously HBS considers the violation of reneging. These... View Details