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- 08 Oct 2020
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Being HBS-Affiliated During the Pandemic
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María Michelena
María Michelena, Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay and Chairwoman of OMEU, discusses how she first encountered OMEU’s initiatives to support women entrepreneurs in Uruguay, noting the importance of instilling self-confidence in younger generations.
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- 13 May 2020
- Video
Cas Coovadia
Cas Coovadia, the long-running Managing Director of the Banking Association South Africa, discusses the reasons for the lack of gender diversity in South African financial services, and calls for deliberate...
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- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2018
- Video
Class of 2021 MBA Application Details
- January 2018
- Supplement
Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
Follow-up case detailing the changes and performance upswing at BWX Technologies after hedge fund Blue Harbour Group's investment and when the fund’s Managing Director Robb LeMasters (MBA’05) joined its board of directors.
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Investment Activism;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Energy Industry;
Construction Industry;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-046, January 2018.
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company.
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Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Condition;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Insurance Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-216, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- 2019
- Presentation
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of evaluation as a process of judging an entrepreneur, or an idea, or a particular set of facts....
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by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 29 Jun 2010
- News
Ruling Means Few Changes for Companies Under Sarbanes-Oxley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Want Creative Workers? Loosen the Reins, Boss
- 18 Jul 2017
- News
Political Roundtable: Russia, Polls, Health Care & Lawyers Gone Wild
- 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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Willy C. Shih
Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration. He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. His expertise is in manufacturing, product... View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- News
Time to Restart Small, Medium Bank M&A
- 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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