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- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
interests of the company's founders and existing venture investors. Finally, while Bollinger was expected to lead the company for the next two to three years, Pervasis' board was planning to launch a search for a permanent CEO in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
foreign financial institutions. "We also looked at some financial measures of performance ... By far the strongest influence turned out to be the influence of family involvement and the particular form that family involvement took. "Our preliminary results:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- October 2008 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem
The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing and Advisory Boards; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; United States
Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-036, October 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business holdings. The traditional Argentine newspaper La Nación provides an example of such a shift, when in 1996 a change in ownership of the controlling stake led to the appointment of Julio Saguier as board chairman. Saguier was... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Fellow at HBS, were fortunate to have access to the family leadership and archives of the Koç group through the intervention of the late former Dean of the School, John H. McArthur, who sat on the Board of the holding company. The career... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
disappointed in the performance of the company. You think the technology is solid but the management team, and particularly the CEO, isn't very strong. The board has begun to take a more active role, the founder-CEO has been made the... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
review board made up of a panel of judges that could provide an initial review to cases within three to six months to determine whether the cases have any merit. No matter the decision, a company could still pursue litigation, but that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
Wall Street's expectations. Shares fell 5% based on this outlook. P&G results were lagging its peers by 4% in 2012 and 2% in the first quarter of 2013. Then, abruptly in late May, CEO Robert A. McDonald, who was 59, resigned. The View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
personal computers. Reddy passed along knowledge he had newly acquired about selecting and dealing with the board of investors, honing a business strategy, building a strong core team, and managing cash carefully. The two of them also... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
HBR, Stewart was editorial director of Business 2.0, where he set editorial policy, developed story ideas, wrote feature articles on management trends, and penned a Web column, "Barely Managing." Stewart also served as a member of the View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
general manager was granted autonomy, capital, and freedom to recruit star engineers from other divisions. D'Arbeloff presided as chairman of Aurora's board of directors, believing that, "with things customers aren't asking for, in... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Sebenius and Kimberlyn LearyHarvard Business School Case 912-017 The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
knowledge management into the future of Danone. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608067 Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Harvard Business School Case 208-019 In an activist role, the hedge fund Third Point LLC has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
are paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket don't want to hear about bridge periods, and neither do board members. We've lost a lot of patience with developmental strategies in recent years. It seems like more and more in our economy, we... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
founders of Lynx Solutions have survived major challenges within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
also extended to the companies in which XTV invested. These were structured as separate legal entities, with their own boards and officers. XTV sought to recruit employees from other start-ups who were familiar with managing new... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Psychological Science Psychologically Informed Implementations of Sugary Drink Portion Limits By: John, Leslie, Grant Donnelly, and Christina Roberto Abstract—In 2012, the New York City Board of Health prohibited restaurants from selling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Chesapeake's board and its compensation committee, including McClendon's role in consummating several joint ventures, which the board and committee believed positioned the company for future growth in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
boards (PCBs) in-house rather than buying them from third-party contract manufacturers. Stryker Corporation's Instruments business is considering the proposal in response to difficulties with existing suppliers. The case requires students... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative total shareholder return (rTSR) is increasingly used to incentivize and evaluate managers. Although... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne