CEO Role - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan explored the role of the board of directors in IT governance—and how most "fall into the default mode of applying a set of tacit or explicit rules... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

addition to hearing from several case protagonists, we will be joined by subject matter experts on topics we will discuss. Many of the guests will have held the CFO role at some point in their career. In the past, guests have included... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Trouble in Mouse Land

to consider the relationship between the CEO and the board. “The board is supposed to simultaneously advise and evaluate the CEO,” observes Beaulieu. “The Disney case brings out the challenges board members face in fulfilling this dual... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Sep 2021
News

Sewn with Love

When Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company, heard stories of the shortages of personal protective equipment for front-line medical workers faced with the coronavirus crisis, the fashion-industry... View Details

04 Jan 2016
News

Taking Time Out for a Challenge

master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School in 2005. At HBS, she is pursuing a PhD in organizational behavior and sociology. Manning decided to take a leave from her PhD path and step in as acting CEO of Welbodi, providing... View Details

Keywords: ebola; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2003
News

New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49

Business. At their 25th Reunion, nearly one-fourth of the class were presidents or CEOs of their respective companies, and more remarkable in today’s era of the disposable CEO, nearly one-third of the class would retire in such roles.... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

01 Jun 1997
News

Ronald P. Mitchell

Achievement Award winner, is the chairman and CEO of Mitchell, Titus & Co., the country's largest minority-controlled CPA firm. One sister, Tracey, is an attorney, and another, Robbin (MBA '92), works for McKinsey & Co. With his mother,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

and consumer lending. The researchers chose to study risk-management experts because their role has risen in importance with demands for improved corporate governance and the need for better forecasting and modeling. After the financial... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these negotiations throughout the week of September 26-October 3, 2008 and explores the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

Case 112-095 The CEO of a financial services organization must decide how to maintain the company's "customer-first" values in the face of significant performance pressures after the economic crisis of 2008. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2019
News

Seismic Shift

business? “In the past, it seems like for many companies, the answer has been ‘no,’” says West. West and other HBS grads believe that’s the wrong answer. With the help of Andrea Hoffman, the founder and CEO of Culture Shift Labs, they are... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as opposed to statistics, according to the study, "Stories, Statistics and Memory.” Graeber’s research validates what View Details

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman Abstract We investigate the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2020
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

not enough if we want a competitive advantage. In Smarter Together, Coupa Software CEO Rob Bernshteyn explains how we will soon be able to draw upon the intelligence of the community—collectively what we, and the organizations we work... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

sponsors of the music app she used every day. Subsequent research in the HBS alumni database gave her two possible contacts, the CEO and Lisa Elis, a graduate of the HBS Executive Education program. Via LinkedIn, Noa wrote Elis a “long... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

Profile

Maxeme Tuchman

throughout her college career. After college, and multiple roles in various local issues and political causes, Max joined Teach For America for the "two best and hardest years of my life." In that time, Max lost a student who... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

No Time Like the Present

I realized I needed to start giving right away and as my means scaled, so too would my donations,” says Delle, who has supported the HBS Fund every year since he graduated and has served in multiple volunteer roles throughout the... View Details

02 Dec 2019
News

A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

I realized this was something I was passionate about and that, up until then, I had been influenced by other people’s expectations.” This insight led to a decades-long interest in global business for Barry, president and CEO of the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

to HBS to gain the business skills she found she needed at the paper. Stints at The Boston Consulting Group and Wang were followed by a stellar fourteen-year career at Lotus, where Rudden ran the teams that developed Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Notes. At press time, having... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Dec 2015
News

A Leader’s Call to Action

industry. That’s why I stayed— and why I came back!” In 2000, Nick took a role as assistant to the CEO at WPS Resources (formerly Integrys Energy Group, now WEC Energy Group) and that’s where she learned the... View Details