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  • April 1993 (Revised June 1998)
  • Case

Time Inc.'s Entry into the Entertainment Industry (A)

Richard Munro, Time Inc.'s chairman and CEO, must respond to a hostile tender offer from Paramount Communications. Paramount conditioned its bid on cancellation of Time's plans to merge with Warner Communications. Several months before the hostile Paramount bid, Time... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
  • Case

Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc

By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem and Ashley Robertson
Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Relationship Management; System; Executive Compensation; Retention; Performance; Human Resources; Recruitment; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Anita Elberse

    Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the "Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports," which ranks among the most sought-after... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; arts; broadcasting; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; home video games; information; marketing industry; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; telecommunications; video games
    • September 2020
    • Case

    Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

    By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
    In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Governing and Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Ohio; United States
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    • 08 Sep 2015
    • Blog Post

    On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour

    Beijing, we also host gatherings at cities across the US. This summer Admissions Board member Kelly Quinn returned to her roots to help spread the word about HBS in the Midwest. 1.       What was your favorite part of the trip/city? ... View Details
    • December 2021 (Revised May 2025)
    • Case

    Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
    At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Diversification; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Valuation; Investment Activism; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015

    HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City

    Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
    • 20 Jul 2013
    • News

    Executive Education program helps build nonprofit management skills

    • 04 Sep 2012
    • News

    P&G Directors Face Own Challenges While Keeping Tabs on McDonald

      “Managing for Organizational Integrity”: My Take After Three Decades

      This chapter revisits core ideas from my 1994 article “Managing for Organizational Integrity” and explores a critical issue not discussed in the article: the role of corporate boards. In the chapter, I first re-examine the article’s ideas about the origins of... View Details
      • 13 Sep 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: September 13

      http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132779781 Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Management Science (forthcoming)... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 08 May 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

      Keywords: by Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong; Banking
      • 03 Oct 2013
      • News

      Study: Rankings Affect Student Applications

      • 01 Feb 2021
      • News

      The GameStop stock situation isn’t about populism. It’s about whether the market is ‘real.’

      • 07 Feb 2017
      • News

      This activist group is trying to oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook’s chairman

      • April 2019 (Revised October 2020)
      • Case

      Kraft Heinz: The $8 Billion Brand Write-Down

      By: Jill Avery
      On Friday, February 22, 2019, following an unexpected and disappointing earnings report, The Kraft Heinz Company’s stock price fell 27%, wiping out $16 billion in market value. CEO Bernardo Hees had announced that the company had taken a $15.4 billion asset write-down,... View Details
      Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Value; Brand Equity; Marketing ROI; Brand Storytelling; Intangible Assets; Brand Valuation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Management; Corporate Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Food; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Private Equity; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; North America
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      • November 2006
      • Case

      The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs

      By: Boris Groysberg, Scott A. Snook and David Lane
      Almost five years had passed since Goldman Sachs launched its innovative leadership development initiative called Pine Street. Focused primarily on developing Goldman's most senior managers, Pine Street had evolved significantly since its inception in November of 1999.... View Details
      Keywords: Executive Education; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Development; Business Education; Financial Services Industry
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      • 06 Jul 2020
      • Blog Post

      A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

      diversity. This year, we worked tirelessly alongside our Board to focus on these pillars and are excited to share the progress we made and offer a few thoughts on the path forward. 1. Presence on Campus It was our first year as a club... View Details
      • 17 Oct 2014
      • Blog Post

      Tap into HBS Alumni Talent

      Over 100 alumni who graduated between 20 and 45 years ago connected with our office while on campus for Fall reunions a few weeks ago. Proving to be as driven as the day they graduated, this dynamic group of alumni expressed interest in a wide variety of opportunities... View Details
      • October 2012 (Revised July 2013)
      • Case

      Olympus (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
      As 2012 approached, the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual, and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Electronics Industry; Health Industry; Japan
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