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  • 4 PM – 5 PM EDT, 07 Apr 2021
  • Virtual Programming

Sports As A Classroom: Lessons in Leadership, Diversity, Inclusion & Impact from Women in Sports

Join us for a virtual panel discussion with some of Harvards sports leaders as they share lessons about the importance of diversity, the impact of inclusion, and their journey to successful leaders. Panelists: Tari Cash, Founder & CEO at City Swing Golf, Harvard... View Details
  • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
  • Case

Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective

Summary Faced with increasingly complex oversight challenges and demands for greater transparency, how can today's boards do more for their companies? In this board of directors education program, you will gain a deeper understanding of... View Details
  • November 2011 (Revised June 2013)
  • Case

Natura Cosméticos, S.A.

Rodolfo Guttilla, Director of Corporate Affairs for Natura Cosméticos S.A. (Natura), prepared for a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss the future of integrated reporting at Natura. A cosmetics company with a strong brand, robust growth in international and... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Decision Making; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil
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  • 05 Jul 2023
  • HBS Case

What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

several case studies to highlight the challenges leaders face when attempting to apply the right orientation. Consider the Boston Ballet under the tenure of Executive Director Max Hodges. HBS Senior Lecturer David Fubini and Raffaelli... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand

    Michael Beer

    MICHAEL BEER

    Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

    • Program

    Families in Business

    Formulate strategies for growing the company and strengthening competitive advantage Create a strong board of directors Develop succession plans and successfully navigate leadership transitions Discuss governance across all aspects of... View Details
    • November 2004 (Revised July 2005)
    • Case

    Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal

    By: Rakesh Khurana, Vincent Dessain and Daniela Beyersdorfer
    Focuses on a crisis in the board at Vivendi. Highlights the difficulties that arise when dramatic pressure from outside the boardroom affects boardroom dynamics. In this case, there are two events. The first is an unexpectedly large financial loss and a pending cash... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; History; Cash Flow; Acquisition; Performance; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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    • January 2003 (Revised April 2003)
    • Case

    KIPP National, 1999 (A): Designing a School Network

    Covers the origin, evolution, and nature of the KIPP Academies, two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Feinberg and David Levin in Houston and New York. In January 2000, Feinberg and Levin meet with Scott Hamilton, managing director of the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Middle School Education; Expansion; Education Industry; Houston
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    • 18 Feb 2015
    • News

    Inside the Psychology of Productivity

    • 17 Jun 2022
    • News

    In Defense of Online Anonymity

      Rakesh Khurana

      Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

      Professor... View Details

      Keywords: executive search

        Robert H. Hayes

        Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from... View Details
        • 05 Mar 2008
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals

        Keywords: by Yonca Ertimur, Fabrizio Ferri & Stephen R. Stubben
        • February 1993 (Revised October 1993)
        • Case

        Brent Walker Group PLC,The

        The Brent Walker Group completed the largest out-of-court restructuring in the United Kingdom. After overexpansion in the 1980s, the company pursued a large acquisition financed with debt and then encountered falling asset prices. With the assistance of the Bank of... View Details
        Keywords: Restructuring; United Kingdom
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        • January 1993 (Revised July 2003)
        • Case

        Texas High-Speed Rail Corporation

        By: Timothy A. Luehrman
        The finance director of the Texas High-Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) is considering modifications to the financing program designed to support the development, construction, and operations of THSRC's planned high-speed rail system. The current plan achieves many objectives,... View Details
        Keywords: Private Sector; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Rail Industry; Texas
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        • November 2024
        • Background Note

        Nonprofit Governance: Some Basics

        By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
        This background note discusses basics about the prevalence, purpose, and unique legal, governance and regulatory dynamics of nonprofits and their boards of directors. The note describes both similarities and differences between for-profit and non-profit governance,... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
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        • 04 May 2021
        • News

        The Heart of Business with Hubert Joly

        • 20 Jan 2020
        • News

        Larry Fink Isn’t Going to Read Your Sustainability Report

        • Video

        Women, Contemporary Art, and Business