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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
New HBSAA Board Members
Flavia B. Almeida (MBA '94) São Paulo, Brazil Principal McKinsey & Company David L. Anderson (MBA '68) Palo Alto, California Managing Director and General Partner Sutter Hill Ventures Eve S. Benton (MBA '71) Bethesda, Maryland Cochairman...
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- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
in multiple innovations, including smartphones, search, online purchasing, and social media. Lead director John Thompson led the board committee that chose insider Satya Nadella as its next CEO. Nadella...
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by Bill George
- 23 Aug 2016
- News
7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards
- June 2009 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Target Corporation: Ackman versus the Board
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and James Weber
After 15 years of great performance, Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry...
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Financial Crisis;
Investment Activism;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business Strategy;
Value;
Retail Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., Suraj Srinivasan, and James Weber. "Target Corporation: Ackman versus the Board." Harvard Business School Case 109-010, June 2009. (Revised January 2011.)
- Spring 2013
- Article
America's Changing Corporate Boardrooms: The Last Twenty-Five Years
By: Jay W. Lorsch
This article outlines several significant changes in corporate boardrooms over the past twenty-five years and uses those lessons to propose a thought experiment about how boards can be shaped in the future. Professor Lorsch argues that the major problems in the last...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 07 Mar 2017
- Webinars: Career
Getting on Boards in 2017: Trends & Insights
As companies seek to address the challenges and opportunities brought about by digital disruption, driving global growth, and entering new markets, their boardrooms are also in transition. Board directors are looking around the table and recognizing the need to bring...
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- August–September 2012
- Article
The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the 21st Century
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Predicting the challenges boards will face in the years ahead requires an understanding of how they and the governance they have provided has evolved in past years, as well as the challenges they face in the years ahead. Since I have been serving on and doing research...
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Boards Of Directors;
Corporate Governance;
Governance;
Succession;
Compensation;
Governing and Advisory Boards
Lorsch, Jay W. "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the 21st Century." European Financial Review (August–September 2012), 2–4.
- Web
Diversity on Boards - Alumni
board opportunities. Resources HBS PROGRAMS ON BOARD EDUCATION: Learn how to advance your board candidacy in these HBS Executive Education programs Women on Boards: Succeeding...
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- August 2016
- Article
Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China
By: Juan Ma and Tarun Khanna
In this paper, we examine the circumstances under which so-called "independent" directors voice their independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e. how they justify such dissent to public...
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Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna. "Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 8 (August 2016): 1547–1557.
- 27 Mar 2013
- News
Wells Fargo Investment Unit Paid Board Member’s Son $1.4 Million
- March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Governing OpenAI (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz
In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic...
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Artificial Intelligence;
Board Of Directors;
Board Decisions;
Board Dynamics;
Corporate Boards;
Governance Changes;
Governance Structure;
Leadership Change;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Nonprofit Governance;
Strategy And Execution;
Technological Change;
AI and Machine Learning;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Technological Innovation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Resignation and Termination;
Ethics;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Technology Industry;
San Francisco;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, and Will Hurwitz. "Governing OpenAI (A)." Harvard Business School Case 324-103, March 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals
- Web
Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni
a board for the first time or to explore expanding your impact through continued board service? HBS is eager to help through our Career Coaching Program and the resources provided by the Social Enterprise...
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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
pitfalls to avoid? Explore the what, why, and how of joining a board + – The Search Committee What are the organization's major issues and needs? What documents should I review? How do you orient new directors? Am I able to meet with the...
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- 25 Apr 2012
- News
Moonves' $69M Pay Shows How Boards Manipulate Data
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
The final in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1994, New York native Thomas G. Mendell (MBA '74) has been a partner in the principal investments area at The Beacon Group, LLC, in New...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
The second in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1987, H. Perry Driggs, Jr. (MBA '61), has been president of Great Lakes Capital Corporation in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He serves as a...
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- October 2003
- Article
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Venture Capital;
Initial Public Offering;
Managerial Roles;
Power and Influence
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
- Jan 30 2020
- Interview
How to Succeed as a Corporate Director
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
their jobs to offer to resign, and Dayton Hudson Corp. insists that outside directors resign if they change jobs. The General Motors Board of Directors Corporate Governance...
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Joseph Hinsey IV