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- 23 Jun 2022
- News
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
- October 20, 2023
- Article
How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts
Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions. Companies...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Toffel, Michael W. "How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 20, 2023).
- May 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Teaching Note
eBay vs. Carl Icahn, 2014, and A Note on Activist Investors and the Tech Sector
By: David B. Yoffie and Eric Baldwin
Teaching note to accompany eBay vs. Carl Icahn, 2014, HBS Case #717-417; eBay vs. Carl Icahn, 2014: Interview with John Donahoe, eBay CEO 2008-2015; A Note on Activist Investors and the Tech Section HBS Case #716-462
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- 20 Jul 2012
- News
You Can Do What Mayer and Slaughter Do
- 12 Jul 2012
- News
HBS Alumni Achievement Award Winner Marvin Traub Dead at 87
- August 1992
- Case
Johnson & Johnson in the 1990s
Describes the major challenges facing Ralph Larsen, CEO of Johnson & Johnson since 1989, as he strives to maintain the company's decentralized management structure and at the same time keep the company competitive in the 1990s.
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Pearson, Andrall E. "Johnson & Johnson in the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 393-001, August 1992.
- 30 May 2013
- News
Who Should Actually Have Say on Pay?
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
Summing Up Should CEO succession processes be certified? Respondents to this month's column agree that CEO succession is badly managed, perhaps accounting in large part for the fact that few "inside...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
The case, “Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust,” starts with the crisis Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing in March 2018 over Cambridge Analytica’s accessing data from 87 million Facebook accounts in order to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential...
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Keywords:
Facebook;
Data Privacy;
Data Manipulation;
Data Science;
Political Campaigns;
Political Influence;
Voter Mobilization;
Voters' Interests;
Election Outcomes;
Elections;
Cambridge Analytica;
Mark Zuckerberg;
Sheryl Sandberg;
Voting;
Decision Making;
Demographics;
Ethics;
Geopolitical Units;
Government and Politics;
Government Legislation;
National Security;
Political Elections;
Information Management;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Crisis Management;
Social Psychology;
Personal Characteristics;
Power and Influence;
Society;
Public Opinion;
Technology Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust." Harvard Business School Case 318-145, June 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Strategy and the Strategist
This short case presents a series of brief accounts, observations, and quotations that challenge students to think about the role of the CEO — and of the CEO's (possibly strong) beliefs and convictions — in strategy. It focuses in particular on three issues and their...
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Keywords:
Belief Systems;
Strategic Analysis;
Competitive Advantage;
Values;
Vision;
Strategy And Leadership;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Values and Beliefs
Van den Steen, Eric. "Strategy and the Strategist." Harvard Business School Case 713-533, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts
Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions....
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- 14 Apr 2020
- Video
Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Chenault-Mills (Session 1)
- Video
Nicolás Jodal
Nicolás Jodal, Co-Founder and CEO of GeneXus, describes how the gender balance in systems engineering has unexpectedly changed over time in Uruguay, while expressing his commitment to diversity as both a foundational aspect and a deliberate business strategy.
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- 2011
- Working Paper
Embracing Paradox
By: Michael Tushman, Wendy K. Smith and Andy Binns
Trying to resolve the paradox between innovation and the core business only weakens the CEO and dooms the company. Exceptional leaders embrace tensions associated with exploiting prior strategies even as they explore into the future.
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Keywords:
Cash Flow;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership;
Management Teams;
Resource Allocation;
Conflict of Interests;
Business Strategy
Tushman, Michael, Wendy K. Smith, and Andy Binns. "Embracing Paradox." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-110, April 2011.
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Leading with purpose and humanity: A conversation with Hubert Joly
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
‘We squandered a major economic recovery': Harvard professor
- January 2014 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
StepSmart Fitness
By: Robert J. Dolan, Benson P. Shapiro and Alisa Zalosh
StepSmart Fitness, a manufacturer of exercise equipment, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization. The new CEO has terminated the District Sales Director and Regional VP and promoted 30-year-old Benjamin Cooper to manage the underperforming New England district. A...
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Keywords:
Analysis;
Restructuring;
Salesforce Management;
Management Succession;
Performance Improvement;
Manufacturing Industry;
Sports Industry;
New England
Dolan, Robert J., Benson P. Shapiro, and Alisa Zalosh. "StepSmart Fitness." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-509, January 2014. (Revised August 2017.)