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- 09 Nov 2020
- Video
Muhammad Musa
Muhammad Musa, the Executive Director of BRAC International since 2015, recalls how the founder Sir Abed Hazan Fazle led the NGO’s first international foray in Afghanistan in 2002, negotiating with conflicting parties to establish schools for girls.
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- 29 Apr 2014
- News
4 Components Required to Sustain Innovation
- 26 May 2022
- Video
2022 Welcome Address Jan Rivkin & Jana Kierstead
- 12 Dec 2023
- HBS Seminar
R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- November 1996
- Case
Del Webb Corporation (C), The
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Dion and the other Del Webb directors were open to having Industrial Equity Pacific (IEP) and Webcott Holdings representation on the board. The IEP representative was perceived as reserved and lacking in sophistication. Cotter of Webcott, however, struck the directors...
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Keywords:
Crisis Management;
Management Succession;
Strategic Planning;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Horizontal Integration;
Conflict Management
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Del Webb Corporation (C), The." Harvard Business School Case 497-019, November 1996.
- October 2022 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
SMART: AI and Machine Learning for Wildlife Conservation
By: Brian Trelstad and Bonnie Yining Cao
Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated significant improvements in patrol coverage, with some observed reductions in poaching and contributing to wildlife...
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Emerging Markets;
Technology Adoption;
Strategy;
Management;
Ethics;
Social Enterprise;
AI and Machine Learning;
Analytics and Data Science;
Natural Environment;
Technology Industry;
Cambodia;
United States;
Africa
Trelstad, Brian, and Bonnie Yining Cao. "SMART: AI and Machine Learning for Wildlife Conservation." Harvard Business School Case 323-036, October 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
Hertz Investor Fir Tree Urging Board to Replace CEO
- 18 Apr 2022
- Video
Uche Orji
Uche Orji, CEO and Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, discusses how he approached the sovereign wealth fund as an entrepreneurial venture when bureaucratic processes delayed the transfer of capital for 9 months.
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- 23 Aug 2016
- News
7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards
- 13 Nov 2019
- News
How to spend money to squeeze more joy out of life
- July 2020
- Case
Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre
By: Joshua D. Margolis, Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal
Karen Bruck, Corporate Sales Director at MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, needs to make a decision about one of her managers, who, while analytically savvy, has an approach that does not fit in with the company's culture.
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Keywords:
Performance Evaluation;
Employee Relationship Management;
Decision Making;
Interpersonal Communication;
Organizational Culture;
Retail Industry;
Latin America;
Argentina
Margolis, Joshua D., Fernanda Miguel, and Mariana Cal. "Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre." Harvard Business School Case 421-013, July 2020.
- January 2015 (Revised September 2015)
- Supplement
Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
This case supplements "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia." Updates readers on Ghislain de Charentenay's first full year as director of Asian Research at Sanford C. Bernstein in Hong Kong and actions taken by the firm in FY2013.
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Keywords:
Collaboration;
Talent Management;
Leadership;
Talent and Talent Management;
Management;
Organizational Design;
Emerging Markets;
Globalization;
Hong Kong
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-041, January 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
- 21 Jun 2012
- News
Chesapeake Appoints Dunham Chairman, Stripping McClendon
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Peggy Yu
Peggy (B.S Northwestern University, 2002, MBA HBS, 2007) is the co-founder and CEO of Stack Education, a startup focused on reskilling and upskilling the unemployed, underemployed, and employed, in partnership with colleges and universities. Previously, she served as...
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María Michelena
María Michelena, Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay and Chairwoman of OMEU, explains how she has broadened OMEU’s narrative on gender equality over time to encompass it within the broader context of sustainability.
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The Talent at the Table: Business Expertise and Share Ownership in Fortune 500 Boardrooms
This paper examines the relationship between corporate value and "vestige" directors, defined as directors who own sizeable shareholdings but lack salient business experience relative to their peers on Fortune 500 boards. These people come to serve on...
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- May 2014
- Article
How to Outsmart Activist Investors
By: Bill George and Jay W. Lorsch
We offer opinions on how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm PepsiCo is...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism
George, Bill, and Jay W. Lorsch. "How to Outsmart Activist Investors." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 88–95.