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17 Jan 2024
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AI—What Questions Do Directors Need to Ask?

01 Oct 2002
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Directors of Research Centers Share Global Perspectives

Last May, executive directors from the School's global research centers came to campus for a daylong retreat hosted by the HBS Global Initiative. The event marked the first time that executive directors... View Details

April 2017
Supplement

Q&A with Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation

By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen

In this video supplement to the HBS case study "Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation," case protagonist Tom Kalil discusses leading a team of policy entrepreneurs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2008-2016. View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Government; Government Innovation; Leading Teams; Collaboration; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Leadership Development; Groups and Teams; Policy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; United States

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01 Mar 2011
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Harvard Center Shanghai Names New Executive Director

Jeffrey Williams (MBA ’82) has been named the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai. Opened in March 2010, the center, a joint venture of HBS and the Harvard China Fund, supports a wide range of activities, including... View Details

Keywords: clubs; alumni; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

January 2024
Technical Note

Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors

By: Louis Caldera

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October 2014
Article

Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

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1998
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Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes

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1997
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Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Performance Effectiveness

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Life is a journey, and you need to celebrate your success along the way because you're also putting the spotlight on what is important to the board, to the company, and to management. View Details

25 Jul 2014
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Goldman Sachs Names Ogunlesi New Lead Director

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

26 Jun 2012
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Facebook Adds COO Sandberg to Board as First Female Director

04 Sep 2012
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P&G Directors Face Own Challenges While Keeping Tabs on McDonald

01 Feb 1997
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Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

You're only as good as your job title? Apparently so, if you're the director of a major company. A corporate governance precept currently in vogue calls for outside directors to offer to resign if they... View Details

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

July 2016
Case

'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal

In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry

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01 Dec 2000
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Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology

As the first director of the HBS Global Leadership Initiative, Alan Price is working to extend the School's reach in the teaching of leadership. Launched in 1999 by Dean Kim B. Clark and headed by leadership expert Professor John P.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2000
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New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook

When Kathleen Cooke Ryan took up her new role as executive director of the HBS Global Initiative last March, she joined a thriving organization. After the successful 1999 launch of its first international research center -- the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services

01 Sep 2016
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New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

objective. “It was so different from any other classroom environment I’d encountered,” says Losee, who became the School’s new managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid in June. “Everyone in the room was fully engaged in the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell