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  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

Kay puts it, "The mistake is to make inferences about the relationships between outcomes and processes when we cannot observe and do not understand the processes themselves." The argument is that those things that contribute to long-term View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 17 Apr 2017
  • News

Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE

Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) wants to change just about everything at GE, from its image as a slow-moving corporate behemoth, to the focus of its core businesses, to the location of its corporate offices. In May, the company that made the first lightbulb, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • May 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Supplement

'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)

By: Jonas Heese and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case that offers an assessment of the August 2019 Markopolos report on General Electric. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Communication; Energy; Financial Condition; Insurance; Performance; Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
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Heese, Jonas, and David Lane. "'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-033, May 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
  • February 2008 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Ryan Taliaferro
Bob Kelly, the new CEO of Mellon Financial, is considering the terms of a proposed "merger of equals" with The Bank of New York, just before the final Board meeting to approve the deal. The combination offers a great strategic fit, and the expected synergies are large.... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Equity; Banks and Banking; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Banking Industry; Pittsburgh
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Ryan Taliaferro. "Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York." Harvard Business School Case 208-129, February 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
  • June 13, 2021
  • Guest Column

Big Oil Gets Clean and the World Stays Dirty: Public Pressure on Fossil Fuel Companies Can Only Do So Much

By: John Mulliken
Keywords: Climate Change; Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Opinion; Investment Activism; Energy Industry
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Mulliken, John. "Big Oil Gets Clean and the World Stays Dirty: Public Pressure on Fossil Fuel Companies Can Only Do So Much." Ideas. Boston Globe (June 13, 2021), K.3.
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

increasing shareholder value. When the alumni invest in our faculty — by funding professorships or supporting the activities of the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, for example — they are supporting present needs while also... View Details
Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 17 Jul 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market

Keywords: by Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency

run, while still allowing each of the customers some choice in fabric type, color, and logo embroidery. This capability has opened a new, fast-growing market segment for Li & Fung. Innovation in management is something that company View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

HBS Press Books in Brief

professionals, and senior executives to make better decisions, generate higher profits, and increase shareholder wealth. To order HBS Press books, call 800-545-7685 or visit www.hbsp.harvard.edu. Other books by HBS authors are available... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 19 Mar 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

The MBA Turns 100

degree’s relevance, asserting that programs have drifted too far into theory that has relatively little use in practice. And they fault business schools for turning out graduates fixated on shareholder value at the expense of all else.... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • February 2001
  • Case

California PERS (B)

By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer and Katharina Pick
The largest state pension fund continues the evolution of its approach to corporate governance contemplating "relationship investing" and other new approaches. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Financial Management; Asset Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry; California
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Light, Jay O., Jay W. Lorsch, James O. Sailer, and Katharina Pick. "California PERS (B)." Harvard Business School Case 201-091, February 2001.
  • February 1991 (Revised June 1991)
  • Case

Raymond Jackson (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch
Professor Jackson is offered a spot on the slate of directors that Harold Simmons, Lockheed's largest shareholder, has nominated for Lockheed's board to oppose the slate nominated by Lockheed in the Spring, 1990 elections. Jackson must decide whether to join Simmons'... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Decisions; Voting; Governing and Advisory Boards; Alliances
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Lorsch, Jay W. "Raymond Jackson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 491-025, February 1991. (Revised June 1991.)
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

income and a continuum of customer types. A discussion of the multi-product case is included in the appendix. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications for structural estimation methods. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-030.pdf Does... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2010
  • Supplement

Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)

By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (C) case describes the results of Credit Suisse's PIP I program, the value of PAF, shareholders' vote on the new compensation plan supported by management, and the impact of the company's approach to the U.K. banker's tax. View Details
Keywords: Voting; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
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Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-007, July 2010.
  • 1985
  • Manual

Teacher's Manual for Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Employees; Conflict and Resolution; Books
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Fruhan, W. E., Jr. Teacher's Manual for Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1985.
  • Web

Research Resources | Baker Library

articles and presentations by Land, published biographical works about Land, and photographs taken by Land and of Land. Audiovisual Collection, circa 1937–2005 (Series VI) Over 5,000 items of audio, video, and film related to Polaroid products and Polaroid View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

A lifetime investment in the entrepreneurial spirit

to entrepreneurs ‘We've been where you're going,’ and really mean it.” Bowes was also the founding shareholder of Amgen and its first chairman and treasurer. Prior to founding USVP, he had success as a venture capitalist with companies... View Details
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

institutional theory, managers, and policymakers. What Good Are Shareholders? Authors:Justin Fox and Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article looks at the role outside View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2012
  • Article

Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors

By: Francois Brochet, George Serafeim and Maria Loumioti
The article presents research on executives and corporation investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Business Earnings; Managerial Roles; Investment; Agency Theory; Communication Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations
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Brochet, Francois, George Serafeim, and Maria Loumioti. "Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
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