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- September 8, 2009
- Article
The New Governance Paradigm
By: Nathaniel Foote and Michael Beer
Boards members of failed banks in 2008 or of the many companies like Enron who were caught up in scandals are by and large honorable, well intentioned, and competent people. So what went wrong and what can be done about it. This article argues that the problem lies in...
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Corporate Governance;
Competency and Skills;
Banks and Banking;
Failure;
Goals and Objectives;
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Performance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Crime and Corruption
Foote, Nathaniel, and Michael Beer. "The New Governance Paradigm." Directorship (September 8, 2009).
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
of statement. The rare family in business may have a more elaborate family governance structure, with a separate meeting for family-owner-managers or a separate council for family shareholders or periodic meetings between shareholders,...
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- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
serve as a role model, showing employees they live by the same rules and allow themselves to be governed by results as much as anyone else. 5 steps for scaling While developing that culture may seem daunting for companies that aren’t the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
organizations in Latin America and Spain. For good governance you need some degree of overlap between governance and management.— Ezequiel A. Reficco This research will be...
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by Manda Salls
- August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Governance of the Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans (e.g., strategic plans), statements (e.g., mission statements), policies, rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in...
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Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Mission and Purpose
Davis, John A. "Governance of the Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-022, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- September 2021
- Case
Vignettes on Professional Service Firm Governance
By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
The two vignettes within “Vignettes on Professional Service Firm Governance” (HBS No. 122-024) present various issues relating to governance in professional service firms (“PSFs”). In the first, the Managing Director of a U.S. consulting firm contemplates whether to...
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Keywords:
Consulting Firms;
Professional Services;
Board Of Directors;
Professional Service;
Global Firm;
Executive Leadership;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Private Equity;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Global Strategy;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Leadership Development;
Leading Change;
Emerging Markets;
Strategic Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Service Industry;
United States;
India
Fubini, David G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Li-Kuan Ni. "Vignettes on Professional Service Firm Governance." Harvard Business School Case 122-024, September 2021.
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
DC. Jim Aisner: The newspapers point out that a federal government shutdown has occurred 17 times before, but that really doesn't provide much solace, does it? Joe Fuller: The thing that's particularly unnerving about this shutdown is its...
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by Jim Aisner
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
generally." Goals Of The Case Study "I have several teaching goals," said Lakhani as he prepared for class. "One is to highlight the imperative for organizations to shift towards an open-data approach, especially in...
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- 25 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Non-Governmental Organizations Do?
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by Eric D. Werker & Faisal Z. Ahmed
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
press governments to allow space for business to work and innovate. The tenet of predictability is vital, said Wagle. "If people are going to invest in very bad conditions, they have to know the rules of the game," he charged....
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
subsystems influences the direction and operations of the family company, as well as of the family. It is essential, therefore, that each subsystem has a defined role and a clear voice in the governance of the overall system. These three...
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Venture Capital Organizations and Entrepreneurial Finance
By: Paul A. Gompers
Paul A. Gompers is examining corporate control and governance issues in
venture capital organizations and entrepreneurial firms in an effort to
understand how their relationships with their investors affect the venture
capitalists' investment decisions. Using...
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- June 2011
- Case
Changes to Harvard University's Governing Board
By: Rakesh Khurana and Eric Baldwin
This case examines the decision made by the governing board of Harvard University, known as the Harvard Corporation, to alter its size and operations. The case provides background on Harvard's history, its existing governance structure, and some of the issues that...
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What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?
By: Eric D. Werker and Faisal Z. Ahmand
Nongovernmental organizations are one group of players who are active in the efforts of international development and increasing the welfare of poor people in poor countries. Nongovernmental organizations are largely staffed by altruistic employees and volunteers...
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Keywords:
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Growth and Development;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Poverty;
Service Delivery;
Crime and Corruption;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Resource Allocation;
Product Development;
Framework
Werker, Eric D., and Faisal Z. Ahmand. "What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 22, no. 2 (Spring 2008).
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
constituent (and ultimately a customer) to include only those who transact with the firm through markets. As a result, this analysis considers only organizations whose customers have choices. I include business firms, non-profit...
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by Robert Simons
- November 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations
By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
In 2015, Reynir Indahl left top Nordic private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to found Summa Equity (Summa). After long contemplation following the financial crisis, Indahl was convinced the financial system was producing negative externalities and that the current...
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Keywords:
Corporate Purpose;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Social Impact;
Investment Management;
Management Practices;
Innovation;
Voice;
Environmental Impact;
Private Equity;
Social Enterprise;
Finance;
Capital Markets;
Management Practices and Processes;
Innovation Leadership;
Leadership;
Innovation and Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Mission and Purpose;
Value Creation;
Financial Services Industry;
Norway;
Sweden;
Scandinavia
Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Summa Equity: Building Purpose-Driven Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 118-028, November 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
- October 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Governance and Growth at GenUnity
By: Brian Trelstad, Paul Healy and Annelena Lobb
Jerren Chang, CEO and co-founder of GenUnity, had to choose a strategy to scale his civic engagement-focused nonprofit. Based in Boston, Chang could grow the organization there or begin to expand to other cities. He also had to select candidates for a board of...
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- 23 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Global Environment-Transformed Organization
& Decker Co.Boon-Hwee Koh, Chairman, DBS BankChet Huber, President, OnStarSrivatsa Krishna, Indian Administrative Service, Government of India CEO & Executive Director, Dubai World Group, South AsiaBetsy Morgan, The Huffington...
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- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,...
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Budgets and Budgeting;
Transformation;
Corporate Governance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Labor and Management Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
and Nohria examine how an organization built around the four-drive theory might look. The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world's need of work. With it, life is heaven, or as near heaven...
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by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria