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A study conducted by researchers from Boston University, the University of Cologne, the University of St. Gallen, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology found that the value of a company typically peaks and plateaus around the CEO's 10th year in the job. After 14 years, the firm's value starts to decline. The researchers also discovered that investors consider the sudden death of a CEO to be bad news for the company if the CEO has held the job for 13 years or less, but if the CEO has been there longer than 13 years, investors bid the stock up on the news of the CEO's demise. The article also presents a leadership framework with five stages that CEOs typically go through, from enthusiasm to excellence, and warns that CEOs who stay in the job for too long risk complacency and lowered performance. [Extracted from the article]

A study conducted by researchers from Boston University, the University of Cologne, the University of St. Gallen, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology found that the value of a company typically peaks and plateaus around the CEO's 10th year in the job. After 14 years, the firm's value starts to decline. The researchers also discovered that investors consider the sudden death of a CEO to be bad news for the company if the CEO has held the job for 13 years or less, but if the CEO has been there longer than 13 years, investors bid the stock up on the news of the CEO's demise. The article also presents a leadership framework with five stages that CEOs typically go through, from enthusiasm to excellence, and warns that CEOs who stay in the job for too long risk complacency and lowered performance. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights the companies included in the Change the World list of "Fortune" magazine for 2015. They include telecommunications companies Vodafone and Safaricom, Internet giant Google and retailer Walmart. Vodafone and Safaricom created the mobile-money platform M-Pesa, which is said to have transformed the regional economy in Kenya. Google's commitment to fostering academic collaboration through its services such as Google Scholar, and Walmart's focus on sustainability are tackled.

The article profiles Jay Y. Lee, one of the three vice chairman of Korean technology company Samsung Electronics and heir apparent to the world's largest family-controlled business empires. Topics covered include the leadership style of Lee, his priorities, such as to simplify the company's complex corporate structure, and the challenges that Lee is facing, including a declining smartphone sales.

The article focuses on Brian Chesky, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of home-rental website Airbnb. It discusses his efforts to grow the company from 2008 to 2015 that has been given a valuation of 24 billion U.S. dollars as of mid-2015. It examines the education of Chesky and co-founders Joe Gebbia and engineer Nathan Blecharczyk in leadership by sourcing ideas from business leaders such as Bob Iger of Disney, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Jony Ive of Apple.

The article discusses what went wrong with Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas, Nevada, and describes the legal showdown private equity firms Apollo and TPG are facing with their hedge fund creditors after their buyout of the casino company. Topics mentioned include a brief overview of the saga of Caesars Entertainment which started in 2007, the move of Caesars chief executive officer (CEO) Gary Loveman to use a customer-loyalty plan before the buyout, and the company's corporate structure.

The article discusses qualities of a leader and presents information on several leaders. Topics include details on Mario Draghi's role as the president of the European Central Bank, details on Xi Jinping's style as the president of the People's Republic of China, and details on singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's success in the music industry.

The article discusses the struggle for control over the Benihana restaurant business founded by the late chef Rocky Aoki. Aoki's third wife, Keiko Ono Aoki, is reportedly contesting both Aoki's children and investment firm Angelo Gordon over control of the business. Additional details are presented about Ono's background and about the entrepreneurial career of Rocky Aoki, who died in 2008.

Focuses on women who graduated from Harvard Business School in 1983. Occupations and accomplishments; Susan Schooner; Gloria Lara; Bonita Coleman; Laura Martin; Others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article profiles Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter as of 2012. It recounts his educational background and career history. It says his work on business strategy has influenced executives in a wide range of industries. It reports on an initiative he is co-leading with colleague Jan Rivkin, the U.S. Competitiveness Project.

Covers the way in which Harvard Business School students quiz themselves to determine a career. The ways in which career decisions are made; The common mistakes; Samplings of a the Harvard quiz; How the quiz works.

The article presents companies featured in the new Change the World list of "Fortune" magazine, companies that have made progress in addressing major social problems as part of their core business strategy. Topics discussed include changes in lives and businesses in Kenya made by M-Pesa mobile-money platform created by telecommunications companies Vodafone and Safaricom, information provided by Internet search company Google, and hybrid cars like Prius and Mirai of automaker Toyota.

The article discusses the profile of Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of Electronic component manufacturing company Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., who is likely to succeed his father as the head of one of the world's largest family-controlled business empires in South Korea. It highlights his upbringing and his control over several businesses including Samsung, which is ranked 13 in the year 2014 Global 500, focuses on innovation and game-changing advances, likely to surge ahead of others.

The article provides information on Samsung Electronics, its revenues and employees.

The article presents a profile of Brian Chesky, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the hospitality exchange service Airbnb. Chesky employed a hands-on style of managing the company and a strategic way of thinking about management. He also shared the challenges he experienced in running the business. He co-founded the company together with friends Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk.

The article features Brian Chesky, chief executive officer of Airbnb Inc., operator of online marketplace and hospitality service accessible through websites in the U.S. It offers description of the evolution of Chesky's management style that focused on dealing with products, brand and culture, helping him to add value to the company. He also shares the services offered by the company in which its platform has been used by more than 40 million people.

The article discusses legal battles faced by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital related to their buyout of gaming company Caesars Entertainment. Topics covered include the dispute between the buyout firms and hedge funds following the bankruptcy filing of Caesars Entertainment, the creditors' demand for cash, and the failure of both the buyout firms and company management to account for the explosion of new competitors.

The article examines the bankruptcy of casino company Caesars Entertainment Corp. as of June 2015. A background of Caesars Entertainment is provided which has a complicated corporate structure due to its private equity investors. Also discussed are the leadership of its chief executive officer Gary Loveman, Loveman's efforts to save the firm from bankruptcy, and Caesar's financial performance.

The article discusses the concept of leadership between the Hong Kong politician Leung Chun-ying and the Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong. It highlights the importance of being active in leadership roles with effectiveness and commitment for his or her people. It also cites the influence of people to the success of the individuals.

The article focuses on issues about the duels over the Benihana restaurant empire encompassing almost a decade, multiple continents, an inheritance feud between the children of the swashbuckling late founder Rocky Aoki, and his third wife Keiko Ono Aoki as well as a conflict between a private equity firm and Ono. Other information such as about a federal court issuing an injunction to block the Beni Burger as well as the kids' betrayals and corporate suits is presented.

The article talks about companies that set shared-value objectives as part of their profit-making strategy. Companies are said to have accepted the need for more corporate social responsibility to improve their reputations. These companies include Discovery Insurance, pharmaceutical company Novartis and retailer Walmart, which are included in "Fortune" magazine's Change the World list. They are said to view societal problems as opportunities for business innovation and competitive advantage.

The article looks at the trend of nonprofit charitable organizations, especially medicine-related charities, providing venture capital to start-up firms and sometimes earning a profit from such investments, citing examples including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Thiel Foundation.

The article discusses how the challenges of labor shortage is being fought by technology startups and mentions how several companies in Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County, California tend to focus on the talent of an individual while hiring them. Topics discussed include increase in percentage of Harvard Business School graduates who opted for jobs in the tech sector, how the investing bank Goldman Sachs has upped the salaries of the employees and challenges of outreaching and hiring.

The article features Harvard Business School (HBS) graduate Sarah Krauss and her successful business of producing and selling her own S'well water bottles. It talks about how the bottles have become so popular that they have been stocked by Ellen DeGeneres in her show's gift store and are in every gift bag at the TED conference. It recounts the story of how S'well became a sensation from the time Krauss attended a panel about the global clean-water crisis during a 2009 HBS reunion.

The article profiles Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter as of 2012. It recounts his educational background and career history. It says his work on business strategy has influenced executives in a wide range of industries. It reports on an initiative he is co-leading with colleague Jan Rivkin, the U.S. Competitiveness Project.

The article profiles Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter as of 2012. It recounts his educational background and career history. It says his work on business strategy has influenced executives in a wide range of industries. It reports on an initiative he is co-leading with colleague Jan Rivkin, the U.S. Competitiveness Project.

The article features Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, Illinois and his brother Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel.

The article assesses the impact of fracking boom for U.S. manufacturers, making reference to calculations of the consultancy BCG based in Boston, Massachusetts which projects that U.S. manufacturing costs will be lower than China's by 2018 because of lower industrial electricity prices.

The article focuses on the views of Harvard University Business School historian Alfred D. Chandler regarding the attainment of capital needed by U.S. companies to lead in world market. He points out that the firms that make the big capital investment are the ones that survive in the globalized market. Like for instance, the International Business Machines Corp. is doing well in the semiconductor industry due to its huge resources. Likewise, the nation's strength is on the entrepreneurs.

The article focuses on Harvard Business School's U.S. Competitiveness Project, which asked alumni how to create and keep jobs in the U.S. Some answers provided are listed as offering specialized training for employees, the easing of tax and regulatory burdens on companies, and improving or maintaining the standard of living for employees.

Questions and answers are presented on how executives should manage their company's public relations if a product safety or other scandal affects the company or another company in the same industry. An executive with Costco Wholesale describes how the firm reacted to the reports of food poisoning linked to peanut butter. Bill George, a teacher at Harvard Business School, says a company's Chief Executive Officer must be its main spokesman when responding to bad news.

This article focuses on Harvard University's Business School. The article explains that 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the school and that it faces challenges of new competitors and corporations offering business training. The author explores what has made the school successful and includes quotations from alumni.

Reports on the employment of Harvard Business School graduates. Discussion of businessmen who went to Harvard, including the chief executive officer of General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt; How the Business School's case-study curriculum produces superior managers and delegators; Recruitment of students at Harvard by businesses.

Offers an analysis of United States presidential candidate George W. Bush's campaign, as of October 2000. His decision not attend his reunion at Harvard Business School; Opinion that debates will be crucial in deciding the winner; Statement that Bush has had difficulty reaching female voters, which is partly due to Bush's pro-life stance.