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  • 2010
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What Is Leadership: The CEO's Role in Large, Complex Organizations

By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria
What is the role of the CEO in a large, complex enterprise? What makes a CEO effective? At first blush, these questions seem easy to answer. A CEO is the epitome of leadership. He or she exercises ultimate power and is responsible for making the most critical choices... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence
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Porter, Michael E., and Nitin Nohria. "What Is Leadership: The CEO's Role in Large, Complex Organizations." Chap. 16 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
  • September 2016
  • Article

Disproportional Control Rights and the Bonding Role of Debt

By: Aiyesha Dey, Valeri Nikolaev and Xue Wang
We examine the governance role of debt in the context of U.S.-based dual class ownership structures. We hypothesize that the use of debt alleviates the conflict between shareholder classes by balancing the power of controlling insiders. We document that dual class... View Details
Keywords: Dual Class; Private Debt; Debt Covenants; Bonding Mechanisms; Ownership Type; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt
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Dey, Aiyesha, Valeri Nikolaev, and Xue Wang. "Disproportional Control Rights and the Bonding Role of Debt." Management Science 62, no. 9 (September 2016): 2581–2614.
  • 24 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

the short to medium run the government will still play an important role in supporting housing finance. But as we move to greater reliance on private mortgage credit it will be important to combine such privatization with better... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • Teaching Interest

The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

RoGME is about one question: What is the proper role of government in market economies? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using case studies to examine policies of current interest and importance.... View Details

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The Role of Suggested Pricing in Retail

Does a $100 shirt seem more valuable when its price tag shows a 50 discount off an original price of $200? Pricing information in retail settings often has three components: an original price, a percent discount, and the final price. Little empirical evidence exists... View Details

  • November 2022 (Revised March 2024)
  • Background Note

The Role of ESG in Investment Strategy

By: Vikram S Gandhi, Christopher Diak and Radhika Kak
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Gandhi, Vikram S., Christopher Diak, and Radhika Kak. "The Role of ESG in Investment Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 823-078, November 2022. (Revised March 2024.)
  • 27 Apr 2012
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Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation was prepared with the assistance of Professors Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Niels Ketelhohn. The author is grateful for their important contribution to this research. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Society; Mexico
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Porter, Michael E. "Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business." Sintonía, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, April 27, 2012.
  • 25 Apr 2012
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Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business

By: Michael E. Porter
Regional competitiveness and CSV presentation at Expogestión, Baranquilla View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Economics; Society; Colombia
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Porter, Michael E. "Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business." Expogestión, Barranquilla, Colombia, April 25, 2012.
  • December 1985
  • Case

Best--The Role of PVOs in Developing Agribusiness

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Michael Joseph Kennedy
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Michael Joseph Kennedy. "Best--The Role of PVOs in Developing Agribusiness." Harvard Business School Case 586-121, December 1985.
  • 23 Jan 2012
  • News

Ernest Shackleton: Role Model for Today's Leaders?

  • 20 Apr 2017
  • News

The Weirdness of Juggling Many Different Roles at Work

  • 11 Mar 2014
  • Other Presentation

The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Innovation Leadership Speaker Series, Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, March 11, 2014.
  • Research Summary

Strategy Implementation: Role and Management of the Sales Force

My research concerns the role and management of the sales force as agents of a firm's business strategy and not only as individual or team contributors to profitable growth. This work takes the form of course development, teaching and workshops in HBS executive... View Details
  • April 1980
  • Supplement

IBM Corp.: The Role of the Corporate Management Committee, Resource Allocation, and the Role of Staff, Video

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Vancil, Richard F. "IBM Corp.: The Role of the Corporate Management Committee, Resource Allocation, and the Role of Staff, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 880-503, April 1980.
  • 30 Nov 2021
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What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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The Role of Capital Markets in the Digital Economy

This topic of research is motivated by the rapid rise of digital adoption in firms across the economy and capital market participants’ growing interest in this phenomenon. My work studies how investors are responding to digitization, provides insights on the... View Details
  • January 2018
  • Case

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Quits President Trump's Advisory Council

By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
In the first six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier appeared alongside Trump at least three times at press events, one of which commemorated the first and only meeting of the president’s Manufacturing Job Initiative (better known at the... View Details
Keywords: CEO Role; Politics; Corporate Governance; Moral Sensibility; Managerial Roles; United States
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Zelleke, Andy, and Brian Tilley. "Merck CEO Ken Frazier Quits President Trump's Advisory Council." Harvard Business School Case 318-105, January 2018.
  • April 2018
  • Exercise

Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic

By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Ownership Stake; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
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Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-045, April 2018.
  • January – February 2009
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Transformation: The Quiet Role of Coalitional Leadership

By: Stephen Friedman and James K. Sebenius
Keywords: Transformation; Alliances; Leadership
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Friedman, Stephen, and James K. Sebenius. "Transformation: The Quiet Role of Coalitional Leadership." Ivey Business Journal (Online) 73, no. 1 (January–February 2009).
  • 27 Oct 2015
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