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  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

An Authentic Leader

inspires the innovative products and superior services that create lasting shareholder value. Did we expect too much from CEOs over the past decade? During that period, we saw the rise of the imperial CEO. They were treated like rock... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-030.pdf Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950 Author:Aldo Musacchio Abstract The early development of large multidivisional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 1996
  • Case

Del Webb Corporation (B), The

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
On November 16, 1987, the Del Webb board appointed Phil Dion chairman and CEO. This case outlines the development and implementation of a strategy to focus exclusively on real estate development and to liquidate all other assets. Discusses the appointment of two new... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Real Estate Industry
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  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 26

better understand the court's reasoning. The text continues to provide additional questions, connections to the empirical literature, and cross-country comparisons. Book: http://www.aspenlawschool.com/books/allen_busorg4/default.asp   Working PapersHow Do Staggered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3

also discusses the German health care system, its regulatory constraints, and Schön's attempts to change the paradigm of competition in the sector. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712475-PDF-ENG SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

emissions mitigated in the future. From that point of view, I found that if you can convince a large corporation, which is a big polluter, to start cutting emissions today then you'd have done a big service to humanity and to the View Details
  • Web

The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

worker ownership. Worker Ownership and Profit Sharing Steward, Purpose, and Trust Ownership Private Equity Family Ownership Shareholder Ownership Early-Stage Ventures Resources How does ownership shape access to and allocation of the... View Details
  • October 2017
  • Supplement

Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.

Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

avoidance and empirical evidence consistent with this view is discussed. This view of corporate tax avoidance implies that shareholders and policymakers should question the rationale for distinct financial reports and that greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

rate. We discuss the implications of our findings for retail inventory and assortment planning and for the design of retail stores.   Working PapersDoes Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2024
  • Supplement

Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change (B)

By: George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar, Peter Tufano, Hugo Etchegoyhen and Emilie Billaud
The (B) case explores Northvolt’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on November 21, 2024, highlighting the company’s struggles to scale operations amid a global EV market slowdown and internal production challenges. While the (A) case detailed Northvolt’s ambitious... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy; Green Technology; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Technological Innovation; Risk Management; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Transportation; Green Technology Industry; Europe; Sweden
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  • September 2010 (Revised July 2021)
  • Case

Gone Rural

By: Andre F. Perold
Gone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Swaziland
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  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

(above: photo by Getty Images/Patrick Foto) A mathematics major, Don Carty (MBA 1971) has always seen the airline business as a huge puzzle, with the equation involving inventory and pricing, cruising allocations, weather, and holiday effects, to name just a few... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 08 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

noticed trends emerging. “Most companies I worked with received an increasing amount of inbound questions for greater disclosure on their ESG performance from their lenders, shareholders and regulators, but were often ill-equipped to... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship

a large company. Fortunately for SABO, in 1975 he accepted the company owner's offer to make him a major shareholder if he returned. Over the next decade, Andresen's leadership transformed the company. By 1987, SABO had grown to a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

challenges, should business stay in its comfort zone and focus on increasing shareholder value, as many would argue? Fortunately, some businesses can do good simply by doing well, as General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt (MBA ’82) pointed... View Details
  • 14 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

When health insurer Cigna Corp. appeared in front of a judge for allegedly misleading shareholders on Medicare regulations this spring, plaintiffs thought they had a strong case. After all, Cigna had published its own document titled... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 15 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 15

shareholder returns. The Wawa associates (name for employees) have an ESOP that plays a key role in Wawa's culture of ownership. This case explores the role of incentives and levers of control to create a successful retail chain. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

not just maximize shareholder value but doing good by doing well—how to pursue business that has a social mission at its heart while also generating returns for its investors,” said Mbanusi. Casting a wide net in his applications, Mbanusi... View Details