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National Association of Corporate Directors. Directorship Corporate Governance Hall of Fame
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Jay W. Lorsch was elected to Directorship magazine's Corporate Governance Hall of Fame in 2009. Hall of Fame members are a select number of exemplary individuals who have so uniquely contributed to the shape of modern corporate governance that they deserve special...
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- December 2022
- Article
Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?
By: Jonas Heese
I study whether industry employment of active regulators weakens oversight. To examine this question, I exploit that the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP), the German capital-market regulator responsible for enforcing public firms’ compliance with accounting...
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Conflict-of-interest Policies;
Directorships;
Enforcement Actions;
Industry Employment;
Self-regulatory Organizations;
Governance Compliance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Policy;
Conflict of Interests
Heese, Jonas. "Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?" Management Science 68, no. 12 (December 2022): 9198–9218.
- 10 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors
- 08 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?
- 2016
- Working Paper
Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors
By: Ian D. Gow, Aida Sijamic Wahid and Gwen Yu
We examine how corporate directors manage reputation through disclosure choices in biographies in proxy statements filed with the SEC. Directors are more likely to withhold information about directorships at firms that experienced adverse events. Withholding such...
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Gow, Ian D., Aida Sijamic Wahid, and Gwen Yu. "Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-029, October 2016.
- 05 Nov 2009
- News
Directorship Magazine Awards
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters
- October 2013
- Article
The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
By: Axel Dreher, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland and Eric Werker
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects...
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Keywords:
World Bank;
Aid Effectiveness;
Political Influence;
United Nations Security Council;
International Finance;
Prejudice and Bias;
Outcome or Result;
Projects;
Government and Politics;
Power and Influence
Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland, and Eric Werker. "The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" Economic Development and Cultural Change 62, no. 1 (October 2013).
- 04 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism
Michael Montelongo
Michael Montelongo is a Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum that shows how to effectively design, manage, and improve... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
directors of 39 companies, including 14 public companies. His former public company directorships include Analog Devices, Fleetcor Technologies and optionsXpress Holdings. In addition, he is Chairman of the Vanderbilt University Board of...
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Harvard Business School
years as chairman and CEO, the company purchased 15 television stations and became the largest African American-controlled television broadcasting company in America. Cornwell has received numerous honors and corporate directorships...
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- 01 Feb 2009
- News
Tale of the Tape: Benchmarking Talent
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
history. If things go as planned, Excite@Home could become California's next gold mine. And while his days are filled with making sure that happens, Goldman is also finding his interests turning to nonfinance-related activities. "I'm thinking more about board View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
weeklong commencement and reunion activities, she recalls, “I had nearly two dozen events, involving hundreds of guests. But it's not always like that, and there's not a piece of it I would change.” A onetime McKinsey consultant, Mills holds several View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
conflicts between monitoring and advisory responsibilities, and the frustration of serving in a role under intense scrutiny in a brutal economic environment have made the job unattractive to many capable people and difficult for anyone to discharge effectively....
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