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  • 23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

process of learning from experience. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55991 forthcoming Organization & Environment Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

Chen Abstract The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

the United States. In that work, I learned that company management had known about the dangers of asbestos since the 1930s but had actively suppressed information linking it to cancer to protect the business. I became deeply curious about... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
  • Case

Investor Relations at TOTAL

By: Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Examines investor relations and financial communications in a large company with a diverse group of financial stakeholders. Total is an "energy major" based in Paris, France. The importance of its product and its impact on economies and environments combine with the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Communication Strategy; Paris
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  • November 2013 (Revised May 2023)
  • Case

Valuing Yahoo! in 2013

By: Luis M. Viceira and Atul Khosla
In late July 2013, Danielle Engle, Managing Director of Clairemont Capital, was contemplating what to do about a large investment her fund had in the stock of Yahoo! Inc. In mid-2012, Clairemont had invested nearly $75M in Yahoo! after the tech company settled a highly... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Decision Making; Investment Activism; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

skills and have a future with the company; those who don't may face demotions and pay cuts. However, there is pushback from the company's shareholders and leaders. Some want to use the program as a fig leaf for laying off staff; others... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

skills, (2) broad perspective, (3) teaming skills, (4) expanded social network, and (5) boundary-spanning skills. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our ideas for conducting future team research. Board of Directors' Responsiveness to Shareholders:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-062.pdf September 2014 Managing Consumer Services: Factory or Theater Customer Experience and Service Design By: Karmarkar, Uday, and Uma R. Karmarkar Abstract—While services already dominate economic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting
  • Web

Europe - Global

Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time By: Lauren Cohen , Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern and Sophia Pan Nico Oprée, a fourth-generation (G4) member of his family’s heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would... View Details
  • 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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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's environmental or social impact leads a firm to... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

The topic of governance is hot. Shareholders, managers, and business advisors are demanding improved governance of (typically public) companies by strengthening their boards of directors and developing more responsive shareholder... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

Organization Unilever was an organizational curiosity in that, since 1929, it has been headed by two separate British and Dutch companies—Unilever Ltd. (PLC after 1981), and Unilever N.V.—with different sets of shareholders but identical... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

business leader, a facility in talking about complex social issues, and a greater understanding of the merits of reparations. A New Way to Measure Shareholder Returns / End to Magical Thinking Professor Mihir Desai (MBA 1993) + More Info... View Details
  • Web

About - Business & Environment

Environment Initiative. She manages core activities of the BEI and collaborates with other departments to leverage HBS resources, promote the initiative's mission, and improve processes. Her duties include project management, event... View Details
  • summer 2008
  • Article

Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor
Business leaders, government officials, and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

control-ownership divergence and syndicate structure is mitigated by the lead arranger's reputation and lending relationship with the borrowing firm as well as by strong shareholder rights and good credit information sharing systems.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/oDesk.pdf Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences By: Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—This paper examines the determinants and consequences of hedge fund View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel