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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director
opportunities in corporate board service. You will gain a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of corporate directors and the challenges you can expect to face in that role. By completing this program, you will signal...
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- 31 May 2024
- News
Q+A with New Rock Center Director Elise Bates
- 2008
- Working Paper
Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors
By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Managerial Roles;
Prejudice and Bias
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14232, August 2008.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors
By: Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director with a non-founder CEO (founder-director firms). We find that founder-director firms offer a different mix of incentives to their CEOs than other firms....
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Retention;
Managerial Roles;
United States
Li, Feng, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-018, August 2010.
- 11 Sep 2014
- News
Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?
- 03 Nov 2015
- News
HBX Appoints Patrick Mullane Executive Director of HBX
Case: Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)
Aptiv's board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company's efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv's self-driving technologies...
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- August 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
Provides a history of the board of directors of the Coca-Cola Co. through 2003. Describes the evolution in the board's membership, practices, and structure and the role it played in the company's governance. Questions are raised about the relationship between the board...
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Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 404-039, August 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Alumni Relations Gets a New Director
In her new role as director of Alumni Relations, Stephanie Goff wants to increase the opportunities for alumni to interact with the School. “We have been known as a reunion planning office, and that’s great,” explains Goff. In fact, HBS...
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- 2012
- Article
Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors
By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy
We provide evidence that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Management;
Corporate Governance;
Performance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Prejudice and Bias
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy. "Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors." Management Science 58, no. 6 (June 2012): 1039–1058.
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald’s Board of Directors (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald’s Board of Directors (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-047, October 2023.
- 04 Aug 2014
- News
Harvard’s New Social Enterprise Director
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
Fischer I am happy to report that the HBSAA Board of Directors is off to another great start. This dynamic group of more than forty alumni — including class secretaries, club presidents, and other devoted volunteers — has outlined a...
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- 16 Feb 2016
- News
The Political Issues Board Directors Care Most About
- January 2021
- Supplement
Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 321-051, January 2021.
- June 2021
- Case
New Director Dilemmas: Social Media Complications
By: John J-H Kim
Keywords:
Educational Policy And Politics;
Education;
Policy;
Interests;
Organizational Culture;
Education Industry
Kim, John J-H. "New Director Dilemmas: Social Media Complications." Harvard Business School Case 322-012, June 2021.
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald's Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-046, October 2023.
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-045, October 2023.