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- March 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Circon (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Guhan Subramanian and Christopher A Rose
In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. After building the company for 20 years, CEO Richard Auhll takes a defensive stand that includes inviting an old HBS friend (George Cloutier) to join the fight as a director of Circon. A...
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Motivation and Incentives;
Corporate Governance;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Hall, Brian J., Guhan Subramanian, and Christopher A Rose. "Circon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-403, March 2001. (Revised December 2003.)
- March 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
The New York Times Co.
The Sulzberger family owns 20% of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70% of the board through a dual-class share structure. At the company's April 2006 annual shareholder meeting, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28% of...
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Family Business;
Investment Activism;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Publishing Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Villalonga, Belen, and Christopher Hartman. "The New York Times Co." Harvard Business School Case 207-113, March 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- February 2021 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Henry Ford: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Henry Ford from a small farm in Michigan to the controlling shareholder of the Ford Motor Company. The case describes how Ford, as young man, acquired engineering skills and the risks he took as he built and marketed one of the first...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Characteristics;
Business Startups;
Management;
Success;
Values and Beliefs;
Technological Innovation;
Personal Development and Career;
Auto Industry;
United States;
Michigan
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Henry Ford: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-063, February 2021. (Revised June 2023.)
- 20 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting
including making corporate tax returns public so shareholders can benefit from the additional information. More ambitiously still, the United States could junk the dual-book system and require corporations...
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by Mihir Desai
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
community or state or country needs, and ask how the capabilities of the company can contribute to that." P&G's statement of purpose says they "improve the lives of the world's consumers." More recently they added...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996
By: Peter Tufano
The fourth in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This case describes the set of financial decisions taken by the firm as its business recovered, and focuses on an immediate decision faced by...
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Tufano, Peter, Markus Mullarkey, and William J Widlern. "General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996." Harvard Business School Case 299-009, August 1998.
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
performance, most investors have found it easier to vote "with their feet" by selling shares, rather than making formal complaints. Large shareholders, however, have stronger incentives to monitor management. The conventional wisdom is that because these...
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- Article
181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit
By: Claudine Gartenberg and George Serafeim
On August 19, 2019, the Business Roundtable (BR) issued a memo entitled “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The Business Roundtable, one of the most preeminent business lobbies in the United States, includes 192 CEOs of leading U.S. companies from Apple to...
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Keywords:
Purpose;
Corporate Purpose;
Stakeholder Management;
CEO;
Mission and Purpose;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Strategy
Gartenberg, Claudine, and George Serafeim. "181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 20, 2019).
- August 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
New Wachovia (A), The
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
In April 2001, First Union Corp. announced an agreement to merge with Wachovia Corp., a fellow North Carolina-based commercial bank. While the banks were preparing to consummate the merger, SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, made a hostile offer for Wachovia, setting in...
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Keywords:
Voting;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Conflict and Resolution;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Atlanta;
North Carolina
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Jeremy Swinson. "New Wachovia (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 903-033, August 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- September 2011 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
New Resource Bank was founded in San Francisco in 2006 with a mission focused on environmental sustainability. The case illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and the challenges of organizations defining a social and environmental commitment....
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
San Francisco
Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green." Harvard Business School Case 412-060, September 2011. (Revised May 2013.)
- January 2017
- Case
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (A)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
T. Rowe Price’s mutual funds, separate accounts, institutional investors, and retirement accounts were, in the aggregate, Dell Inc.’s third largest shareholder in 2013 when Dell announced a management-led buyout, or MBO, structured as a merger. In considering whether...
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Keywords:
Fiduciary Duties;
Management Buy-out;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Financial Services Industry;
Computer Industry;
Delaware
Goldberg, Lena G. "T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (A)." Harvard Business School Case 317-088, January 2017.
- December 2001 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (A)
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
After taking 30% of its Conoco oil and gas subsidiary public in the largest domestic initial public offering (IPO) in U.S. history, management of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) is considering divesting its remaining interest in Conoco. This goal is to be...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Business Subsidiaries;
Restructuring;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Chemicals;
Assets;
Initial Public Offering;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Diversification;
Value;
Chemical Industry;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Perry Fagan. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: The Conoco Split-off (A)." Harvard Business School Case 202-005, December 2001. (Revised July 2005.)
- June 2010 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries
By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari
Indian financial intermediary matching international capital to local infrastructure decides how to balance range of services, risk-adjusted return, margin pressure, and nation building. IDFC was chartered with partial ownership from the Indian government to help...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Infrastructure;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
State Ownership;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financial Services Industry;
India
Macomber, John D., and Viraal Balsari. "IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries." Harvard Business School Case 210-050, June 2010. (Revised September 2013.)
- June 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015
By: David B. Yoffie
In the years after 2009, Qualcomm navigated the wireless industry's transition from 3G to 4G, retaining its technological leadership and experiencing dramatic growth in revenue and profit. In March 2014, Qualcomm appointed a new CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, who had to...
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Keywords:
Communication Technologies;
Technology;
Wireless Technologies;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Strategy;
Communication Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Change Management;
Electronics Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
California
Yoffie, David B. "Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015." Harvard Business School Case 715-467, June 2015. (Revised August 2016.)
- 24 Jan 2024
- Op-Ed
Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago
older airplane models at the expense of all-new aircraft. Secondly, in 2001 Condit moved Boeing’s headquarters from its original home in Seattle to Chicago—all to gain $60 million in state and local tax credits over 20 years. With none of...
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- Mar 2012
- Report
A Jobs Compact for America's Future
human capital; how exceptional companies such as Southwest and Kaiser Permanente buck the "maximizing shareholder value" trend with what researchers call "high-road" human resources strategies; and how labor unions and...
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- November 2008
- Supplement
NEC Electronics (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with...
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- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
clubby groups that are widely criticized as the handpicked "captives" of self-serving management. With White House support, congressional leaders are intent on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management. Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY)...
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by Roger Thompson
- July 2015 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Proxy Contest at DuPont
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague
On January 9, 2015, Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management launched a proxy fight for four out of the twelve seats on the DuPont board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Hedge Fund;
Activist Investing;
Activist Investors;
Proxy Fight;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Investment Activism;
Chemical Industry;
United States
Lorsch, Jay W., and Emily McTague. "Proxy Contest at DuPont." Harvard Business School Case 416-005, July 2015. (Revised March 2021.)
- 17 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach
Keywords:
by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler