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- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
BartonHarvard Business School Case 410-061 Wayne Leonard became CEO of Entergy in 1999. After serving as CEO for close to eight years, the Entergy Board named Leonard chairman and CEO. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
conversation that would eventually lead to Rogers meeting with Comstock and GE CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) at GE’s headquarters in New York. In the meeting, Jay recalls Immelt laying out his frustrations with production costs.... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
example, Scott Cook [HBS MBA '76], the cofounder and chairman of Intuit, is a famous earlier version of the ex-P&G; guy. How does that work? Randall: The skills that you learn both in business school and certainly in traditional... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
has had to be innovative and strategic in its ability to maintain its place as the fourth largest insurer in China. Chairman Chen Dongsheng laid a strong foundation when he launched Taikang in 2006; what will he do going forward to enable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway describes the history and strategy of one of the best known investment firms over the last forty years. The case describes the investment philosophy of Warren Buffett, its legendary chairman and CEO, the gradual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
George, a Harvard Business School professor and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, and his colleagues, conducted the largest leadership development study ever undertaken. They interviewed 125 business leaders from different racial,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
New England elites — Massachusetts Investors Trust chairman Merrill Griswold, MIT president Karl T. Compton, and Vermont Senator Ralph E. Flanders, the first Congressman to publicly upbraid Joseph McCarthy. Fresh from the U.S. victory in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
of innovative plan.” Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management and the host of an HBS conference last summer that examined Massachusetts’s health-care reforms, says hordes of curious officials from across the country have come to see... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
also the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. Bill, welcome. Bill George: Thank you. Good to be here. Kenny: I really appreciate you taking the time to talk about this case and we're happy to have you today because... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Business School Case 814-038 Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (B.) It was January 2013, and Fred Khosravi, chairman of the board of AccessClosure Inc., wondered what the new year had in store for him and AccessClosure, the company he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
whether focusing on its core brands, which currently represent 90% of sales, is a better approach. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512009-PDF-ENG The Expansion of Ping An Robert C. Pozen and Nina J. YangHarvard Business School Case 311-133 In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
DreamWorks Animation and Walt Disney Studios, who serves as chairman to Whitman’s CEO. She holds up her iPhone to demonstrate what this future that they envision might look like on a five-inch screen. From the fish-eye perspective of a... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
businesses, each of which was not performing up to its full potential, it was uncompetitive. The chairman of the group, Ratan Tata, creatively reorganized the business to make it survive in the new open global economy, and then challenged... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
human aspect of how work gets done is more than clinical. When asked, anyone who has worked closely with Enan mentions her strong sense of empathy and skills as a communicator and connector. When James Harmon, chairman of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Schultz (MBA 1983) was working as an executive chairman for a tech company, and on his way home from a fundraising presentation at a venture firm when he had an epiphany. A longtime executive with a personal interest in history, he had... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The case explains the four main new tools for monetary policy (or quantitative easing) the Federal Reserve has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of selling illegal tax shelters. Flynn has to decide whether to fight the charges and risk the dissolution of his firm,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
in 1999. After serving as CEO for close to eight years, the Entergy Board named Leonard chairman and CEO. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410061-PDF-ENG Hewlett-Packard Company: CEO Succession in 2010 Jay W.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne