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- 30 Mar 2015
- Video
Mark Capaldini - Making A Difference
- September 1999 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Boeing Company's Accounting for Executive Stock Compensation, The
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Executive stock options are experiencing increased use and the Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing changes in accounting in the United States.
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Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Boeing Company's Accounting for Executive Stock Compensation, The." Harvard Business School Case 100-031, September 1999. (Revised December 2000.)
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
Company founders have a tough time convincing their boards to increase compensation, says HBS professor Noam Wasserman, who discusses his research into "founder frustration" areas.
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- February 2022
- Case
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2006, the Cleveland Clinic and Mubadala Investment Company partnered with a bold ambition to deliver world class healthcare in the United Arab Emirates. In 2015, after nearly a decade of planning and construction, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi opened its doors. By...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Culture;
Alignment;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Purpose;
Impact;
Leadership Development;
Diversity;
Collaboration;
Co-creation;
Learning Organizations;
Empowerment;
Teams;
Team Dynamics;
Teamwork;
Team Effectiveness;
Trust;
Talent;
Talent Development And Retention;
Psychological Safety;
Organizational Evolution;
Coaching;
Board;
Analytics;
Innovation;
Data;
Data Visualization;
Digital Technology;
Digital;
Customer Experience;
Experimentation;
Change Management;
Data-driven Decision-making;
Debates;
Ecosystem;
Partnership;
Telemedicine;
Sustainability;
Global Organizations;
Local;
Hospital;
Healthcare;
United Arab Emirates;
Health Care and Treatment;
Partners and Partnerships;
Globalization;
Quality;
Organizational Culture;
Mission and Purpose;
Innovation and Management;
Information Technology;
Joint Ventures;
Leadership;
Performance Effectiveness;
Abu Dhabi;
United Arab Emirates
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi." Harvard Business School Case 422-058, February 2022.
- December 2011 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Carl Icahn and Clorox
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
This case outlines the takeover attempt by activist investor, Carl Icahn, for the Clorox Company. The board of the company repeatedly rejected Icahn's offers as inadequate. He made three bids over the course of three months.
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Carl Icahn and Clorox." Harvard Business School Case 412-078, December 2011. (Revised September 2015.)
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?
Hong Luo
Hong Luo is the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit. Her elective course – Good Strategies in Flawed Markets – provides a market-imperfection perspective on firm strategy. She also taught the... View Details
- November 2007 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
In an activist role, the hedge fund Third Point LLC has three board seats and an ownership stake of 9.5% in Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Third Point believed that Ligand had a strong drug portfolio and pipeline but that it was...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Investment Activism;
Investment Funds;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Bids and Bidding;
Ownership Stake;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Michael Gorzynski. "Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated." Harvard Business School Case 208-019, November 2007. (Revised October 2009.)
- April 2018 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah Mehta
Tesla’s board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company’s CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving very ambitious market value, sales, and EBIT targets over the next ten years. If all the targets were achieved,...
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Keywords:
CEO Compensation;
Compensation Committee;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Auto Industry;
United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarah Mehta. "Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan." Harvard Business School Case 118-085, April 2018. (Revised June 2020.)
- February 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Ross Perot and General Motors
By: Jay W. Lorsch
In December, 1986 the General Motors Board of Directors must decide whether to accept the buyout agreement between GM and Ross Perot, a director of GM and its largest stockholder. The agreement called for GM to purchase all of Perot's GM shares in exchange for his...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Stock Shares;
Resignation and Termination;
Business or Company Management;
Agreements and Arrangements
Lorsch, Jay W. "Ross Perot and General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 491-027, February 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
The Leader Within
- June 2005 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A)
By: Paul M. Healy
Following an accounting problem at Molex, the firm's auditors request changes in management. The board of directors has to decide whether the auditors' concerns have merit or whether, as management argues, the accounting issue is immaterial.
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Financial Reporting;
Relationships;
Resignation and Termination;
Accounting Audits
Healy, Paul M. "Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-082, June 2005. (Revised July 2009.)
- 09 Apr 2012
- News
Rise of the paperless meeting
Aiyesha Dey
Aiyesha Dey has been part of the Accounting and Management unit at the Harvard Business School as an associate professor of accounting since July 2017. She started her career as an accounting faculty at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, after... View Details
- August 2013 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
Taking Dell Private
By: David J. Collis, David B. Yoffie and Matthew Shaffer
In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Going Private;
The PC Market;
Market For Corporate Control;
Corporate Strategy;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Change Management;
Private Equity;
Market Entry and Exit;
Private Ownership;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Internet and the Web;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Collis, David J., David B. Yoffie, and Matthew Shaffer. "Taking Dell Private." Harvard Business School Case 714-421, August 2013. (Revised December 2014.)
- September 2018
- Supplement
From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment
By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
Keywords:
Family Business;
Family Conflicts;
Sibling Rivalry;
Second-generation;
Foundation;
Trust;
Governance;
Work-life Balance;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Transformation;
Succession Planning;
Management;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Culture;
Shareholder;
Board Of Directors;
Retail;
Real Estate;
Shopping Mall;
Department Store;
Growth;
Lebanon;
Middle East;
Non-executive Chairman;
Sustainability
Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment." Harvard Business School Supplement 619-027, September 2018.
- 07 Jun 2014
- Video
Courtney Miller Cavatoni - Making A Difference
- June 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Argentina: Data Supplement, 1990-2002
By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Provides basic macroeconomic data for Argentina for the period 1990 through 2002. Covers the period from the adoption of Argentina's currency board to its ultimate demise and beyond.
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Pill, Huw, and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentina: Data Supplement, 1990-2002." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-094, June 2002. (Revised October 2002.)