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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Publishing Corporate governance regulates not only interactions between shareholders, management, and oversight bodies such as boards of directors, but also ensures appropriate...
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- December 2003 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)
By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
On March 27, 2000, Jamie Dimon was hired as CEO to turn around Bank One. Describes the issues he faces, as he prepares to present an action plan to the board.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Planning;
Banking Industry;
United States
Marshall, Paul W., and Todd H Thedinga. "Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)." Harvard Business School Case 804-107, December 2003. (Revised July 2012.)
- November 2010 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Washout: The Founders' Tale and the Investors' Tale
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad M. Carr
The competing narratives of the founders of Alantec, Inc. and the venture capitalists who funded the company are explored in the context of Kalashian v. Advent VI Ltd. a California Superior Court case. The founders of the company, which produced switches for computer...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Managerial Roles;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict and Resolution;
Technology Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad M. Carr. "Washout: The Founders' Tale and the Investors' Tale." Harvard Business School Case 311-078, November 2010. (Revised November 2017.)
- 01 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect
- November 2005
- Case
Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Faced with the need to hire a new president, The Walt Disney Co. pursued Michael Ovitz, a founder of the Creative Artist Agency. Although initially disinterested, Ovitz engaged in negotiations with Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., in the summer of 1995...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Management Teams;
Selection and Staffing;
Negotiation;
Organizational Culture
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-065, November 2005.
- 2024
- Report
Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond
As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive...
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Sebenius, James K. "Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 2024.
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
who have stayed in Boston–in government and private institutions—who still keep our relationship to the City government and public agendas in...
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- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
rejected. As a result, he resigned from the board of the organization he had founded to promote the sport that he loved. Today, Swearengin, an attorney who for 14 years has represented companies facing class action litigation View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy
Bridgespan Group, a consulting firm that has been reported to have advised Scott on her giving. Brian Trelstad is on the boards of three organizations—Candid, GDI, and VisionSpring—that received Scott...
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Metaverse Seoul
In May 2022, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) launched the pilot of Metaverse Seoul, a government-run metaverse. SMG had delivered a virtual version of Seoul’s mayor’s office. The team aimed to gain insights as they worked towards building a broad,...
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- July 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Supplement
Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee
To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that their network-based consulting model remains sound. The...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Entrepreneurship;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Compensation and Benefits;
Partners and Partnerships;
Consulting Industry
Gardner, Heidi K., and Erin McFee. "Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-027, July 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
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
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- November 2017
- Case
Outrageous Ambition: Duke University
By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang
Duke University had grown from a one room schoolhouse in rural North Carolina in 1859 to one of the leading research universities in the U.S. and the world. Since the late 1950s, Duke’s leaders had consciously used the process of strategic planning to guide the...
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Keywords:
Duke University;
University Governance;
Internationalization;
Duke Kunshan University;
Interdisciplinarity;
Higher Education;
Interdisciplinary Studies;
Global Strategy;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business History;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Education Industry;
United States;
China;
Singapore
Kirby, William C., and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Outrageous Ambition: Duke University." Harvard Business School Case 318-043, November 2017.
- February 2010
- Case
Real Blue? Viagra and Intellectual Property Rights Law in China
By: Regina M. Abrami and Tracy Manty
On July 5, 2004, Pfizer's China team received disappointing news. China's patent review board just invalidated the company's existing patent on one of its most successful drugs, Viagra. Making matters worse, a Guangdong-based pharmaceutical company laid claim to...
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Keywords:
Trade;
International Relations;
Patents;
Trademarks;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Rights;
Business and Government Relations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
China
Abrami, Regina M., and Tracy Manty. "Real Blue? Viagra and Intellectual Property Rights Law in China." Harvard Business School Case 910-409, February 2010.
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
investing in unicorns—highly valued, privately held start-ups—and the consequences of these investments for corporate governance provisions. Larger funds and those with more stable funding are more likely to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security
After spending three years working in consulting before coming to HBS, I knew I wanted to use my summer to expand beyond the world of Board of Directors advisory and...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- March 2014 (Revised September 2019)
- Teaching Note
Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang
This case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm CEO's pay was inflated and...
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- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
bankruptcy poses several questions. How did the board and management of a great company ever allow this extraordinary situation to develop? It is easy to point to the labor agreements from the 1950's, View Details
Interview with IAE Business School on Emerging Markets
Krishna Palepu attended the annual meeting of the Board and Academic Advisory Board of the IAE Business School in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he spoke on emerging markets and the speed with which they are growing. Professor Palepu refers to Latin America as part of...
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