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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

uses of photography, Land invited Kennedy to serve as one of the company’s early consultants. 3 “This business relationship grew into a warm friendship and set the stage for what became a model, the... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2017
  • Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

administrations can be a hindrance to positive change. “There are huge design opportunities in Africa,” said John Fernandez, an architecture professor at MIT and the director of the MIT Urban Metabolism... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • September 1997
  • Case

Tri Valley Growers: A New Age Co-op

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter
Tri Valley Growers is a dominant co-operative in its industry and, yet, still suffers from poor returns. The board of directors worked with the new CEO to change the product, market, and financing focus of the co-op to assure a long and profitable future for its... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Profit; Goods and Commodities; Product Marketing; Cooperative Ownership
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  • 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
  • 09 Jul 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
  • December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
  • Case

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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  • 09 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

by instituting freezes on hiring and wage increases, limiting employee rewards and recognition programs, and reducing the company match to employee 401k retirement accounts. In light of the cost reductions imposed throughout Honeywell,... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

education, not for use as a political weapon. The board conditionally agreed to end the disputed investments. The result: With investments constricted over a number of years, the fund experienced a $3... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

regulations on buybacks as some propose, I’m in favor of boards being much more active in evaluating buybacks, limiting accelerated share buybacks, and changing the accounting treatment View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • February 1998
  • Case

Lyondell Petrochemical Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson
In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Design; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Mining Industry
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  • November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
  • Case

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

By: Robert S. Kaplan
First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Customers; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Relationship Management; Executive Compensation; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Pennsylvania
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    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering commitee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
    • June 2021
    • Case

    One Family Textiles: Stepping Back to Move Forward?

    By: V.G. Narayanan, Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais
    This case explores how a family business builds a board that includes independent directors that helps to professionalize and strengthen governance in the company. The case relates to One Family Textiles, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered manufacturer of garments. The company... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Decision Making; Accounting
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    • 02 Feb 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services
    • 10 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

    paper. The Research The researchers studied data from OutsourceCo (a pseudonym), a major provider of outsourced teleradiology services in the United States, with more than 1,400 client sites, mainly hospitals and radiology group... View Details
    Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health
    • 20 Aug 2019
    • News

    Back Channels in the Boardroom

    • 01 Sep 2005
    • News

    London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

    leaders. Evenings were filled with events providing exclusive access to some of London’s top cultural attractions. Dean Kim B. Clark’s presentation, coming just six weeks before his departure to become the new president View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

      Archie L. Jones

      Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

      • 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