Publications

June 2021
Case

New Director Dilemmas: Blurring the Line Between Governance and Management

By: John J-H Kim

Keywords: Education; Education Industry

Educators

22 Nov 2010
News

Harvard University Announces Appointment of Jeffrey R. Williams as Executive Director of Harvard Center Shanghai

1995
Book

Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Compensation

By: Robert B. Stobaugh

Keywords: Executive Compensation

August 2005 (Revised January 2007)
Supplement

The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Financial Services Industry

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... View Details

Keywords: Independent Directors; China; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; China

01 Jun 2005
News

Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center

After nearly two decades in senior marketing and new venture positions, Ajay Mookerjee (DBA ’88) has returned to HBS as executive director of the new India Research Center. “I’ve had a pent-up desire to get involved in academic work, and... View Details

Keywords: HBS; India Research Center; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

February 2014
Article

Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

By: Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan

We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial- and disclosure-related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over... View Details

Keywords: Independent Directors; Litigation Risk; Class Action Lawsuits; Director Accountability; Reputation; Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Debt Securities; Corporate Accountability; Lawsuits and Litigation

SSRN

June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
Background Note

Reminders for Owner-Managers Regarding the Board of Directors of Private Companies

By: John A. Davis

Presents a consolidated list of corporate governance best practices for owner-managers of private companies, including family businesses. View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Family Business

Educators

27 Mar 2015
News

The Sales Director Who Turned Work into a Fantasy Sports Competition

March 27, 2015
Article

The Sales Director Who Turned Work into a Fantasy Sports Competition

By: Ethan Bernstein and Hayley Blunden

Read Now

June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
Case

How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Sasha Novakovich

This case includes structured interviews with four serial entrepreneurs about the way in which they built and used their boards in each of their companies and what they have learned through that process. These entrepreneurs were asked similar questions, such as "How do... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards

Educators

01 Apr 2002
News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

interview Merrick immediately; both offered him jobs. After graduation, he accepted a position at Parson Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm he learned of through a previous contact. That was then, this is now, but Merrick's approach - what the recently appointed... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 1999
Supplement

GLSTN: Interview with Kevin Jennings, Executive Director and Founder, October 17, 1996

By: Willis M. Emmons III

07 May 2014
HBS Seminar

Oriana Bandiera, Professor of Economics; Director of STICERD, London School of Economics

09 Aug 2017
News

Non-Executive Directors Need To Align With Managers -- Without Losing Their Independence

2016
Working Paper

The Structure of Board Committees

By: Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu

We document and analyze board committee structures utilizing a novel dataset containing full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Specialization; Accountability; Information Segregation; Overloaded Directors; Multi-commitee Directors; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Accounting; Corporate Governance