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- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi...
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by Rawi Abdelal
- November 2005 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
MCI's board of directors is considering competing bids from Verizon and Qwest. Qwest, a smaller company with a weaker balance sheet, is offering almost a billion dollars more. But Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, has a history of...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Capital Markets;
Financial Strategy;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Valuation;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest." Harvard Business School Case 206-045, November 2005. (Revised October 2012.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?
By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong
Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)...
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Banks and Banking;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Crisis;
Change;
Diversity
Rajgopal, Shiva, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong. "Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-108, April 2019.
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
Yoffie has had access to all three men—having served on Intel's board since 1989 and written numerous business cases on Apple and Microsoft. He first started talking about the idea for the book more than six years ago with Cusumano, the...
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- June 2011
- Case
Trouble in Islandia; Computer Associates 2001 - 2004
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
The Board of Directors of Computer Associates deals with pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice as its members try to gain better insight into the accounting practices of the company's top management team.
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- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
of the ongoing debate over whether college athletes should be paid, given the large amounts of money they bring in. Two pending court cases would give college athletes the right to be paid—a move staunchly...
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- 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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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.)
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
"servant leadership." Without hesitating, he asked an associate to get him some cleaning materials and proceeded to get down on his hands and knees to soak the coffee out of the carpeting while his View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- October 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
NAACP, The
By: James E. Austin, Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner and Elaine V. Backman
In February 1995, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the largest civil rights organization in the United States, was in the midst of a crisis. The executive director had been fired due to financial improprieties amid charges of...
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Crime and Corruption;
Capital;
Governance Controls;
Resignation and Termination;
Selection and Staffing;
Rights;
Leadership;
Management;
United States
Austin, James E., Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner, and Elaine V. Backman. "NAACP, The ." Harvard Business School Case 398-039, October 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Netscape's Initial Public Offering
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time...
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Initial Public Offering;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Valuation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Information Technology Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
- 12 May 2009
- News
Schumer's Shareholder Bill Misses the Mark
- 21 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Articles of 2021
Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, sat down with Cyril Straughn-Turner, second-year MBA student and Chief Admissions Ambassador, for a “Busting HBS Myths” event aimed at demystifying what...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a community of health care providers
As CEO and chairman of the board of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Kent Thiry (MBA 1983) has built the second-largest kidney dialysis company in the world. He oversees 2,074...
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- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
enough to cover costs of safety improvements. Sridevi Kalavakolanu, a Wal-Mart director of ethical sourcing, told attendees the company wouldn't share the cost, according to...
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- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
interests of small investors." He also suggests that investors have little ability to judge whether compensation for managers is fair, particularly in an information economy in which it is difficult to assess justification for...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Taking up the issue of climate change
1988, we were thinking about bringing a child into the world and really became focused on the environment," recalls Horn. He subsequently joined the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council, "arguably...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi...
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- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
honest conversation, to undermine their ability to develop a trust-based culture for years to come. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, co-founder and director...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
early success were it not for HBS and the OPM program, Taylor says. Classmates helped him network and even donated to the cause while the staff at Baker Library assisted with research. Professors Cynthia Montgomery, director View Details
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Jill Radsken