Publications

Keywords: Steel Industry

February 1963
Case

Markham Instrument Co. (A)

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Industrial Products Industry

Research Summary

This project, which is just beginning, will be a questionnaire survey of directors of public companies in the U.S. The goal of the survey will be to understand the views of directors about their jobs and the changing legal, regulatory, and institutional climate in... View Details

2012
Chapter

Boardroom Challenges

Third Quarter 2015
Article

Should Boards Mentor Their CEOs?: It Is a Complex Question. Here Are the Significant Considerations.

It's a complex question with significant considerations, including how open the CEO is likely to be to such advice, the company's situation, and the characteristics of the board. View Details

Keywords: Directors; CEO Mentoring; Governing and Advisory Boards; Rank and Position; Management Teams

February – March 2010
Article

Lessons from the Crisis about Governing Financial Institutions

Keywords: Learning; Governance; Financial Institutions

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October 1999
Teaching Note

Ray Corey at Norton TN

March 1982
Supplement

British Steel: Interview with Sir Monty Finniston, Video

2006
Chapter

Governance Information in Knowledge-Based Companies

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Information Industry

2004
Class Lecture

Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Scandals, Reforms, and the Future

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States

2005
Chapter

Empowering the Board, Revisited

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards

March 1999
Teaching Note

CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson TN

Teaching Note for (9-491-116). View Details

March 1999
Teaching Note

California PERS TN

Teaching Note for (9-291-045). View Details

Keywords: California

April 1994 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Tower Air, Inc.

March 1993
Supplement

Praxair: Creating a Board (B)

Discusses the final formation of Praxair's board. Lists the members chosen with their backgrounds. Also describes the selection process of board members, and the structure and process of board meetings. View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Governing and Advisory Boards; Selection and Staffing; Management Practices and Processes

March 1993 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Praxair: Creating a Board (A)

Discusses the process a CEO/chairman goes through in creating a new board. Specifically, follows a CEO's decision-making process in selecting board members. Also includes decisions about the selection process for board members and the structure and process of board... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making; Corporate Governance; Conferences; Business or Company Management; Selection and Staffing

April 1991
Case

First Atlantic Federal Corp.

April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
Supplement

RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)

The special committee of the RJR Nabisco board has extended the bidding deadline for the company by 10 days. The case explains the process by which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the management group bid against one another for ownership of RJR Nabisco. The board of... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Ross Perot and General Motors

In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Stock Shares; Resignation and Termination; Business or Company Management; Agreements and Arrangements

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