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      • October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
      • Case

      McDonald's Board of Directors (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      In October 2019, the McDonald’s Corporation board of directors, chaired by Enrique Hernandez, Jr., gathered to learn the results of their outside counsel’s investigation into the conduct of the CEO. On the surface, the iconic fast-food chain was thriving as growing... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Chair; Board Decisions; Business Ethics; Corporate Boards; Fast Food; Franchising; Legal Aspects Of Business; Legal Battle; Legal Settlement; Misconduct; Regulation; Reorganization; Restaurant Industry; Sexual Harassment; Shareholders; Stakeholder Management; Strategy And Execution; Turnaround; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Culture; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Management; Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Illinois; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 324-044, October 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
      • October 2023
      • Supplement

      McDonald's Board of Directors (C)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-046, October 2023.
      • September–October 2023
      • Article

      What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance... View Details
      Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Trust
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      Paine, Lynn S. "What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You? A Guide to the Four Main Types." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 108–119. (Reprinted in HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2025: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review 2025, Boston, Mass: Harvard Business Review Press, 2025, pp. 115-132.))
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly?: A Critical Look at Four Varieties

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      The past few years have seen an outpouring of articles and statements heralding the arrival of a new and more inclusive form of capitalism often called stakeholder capitalism. The new capitalism promises to strengthen companies, improve outcomes for their... View Details
      Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economic Systems; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly? A Critical Look at Four Varieties." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-008, August 2023.
      • April 2023
      • Case

      Strive Asset Management

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
      Strive Asset Management, which launched in 2022, was actively targeting several leading U.S. companies in the upcoming 2023 proxy voting season to stop acquiescing to those large asset managers and other institutional shareholders who were pressing those companies to... View Details
      Keywords: ESG; Shareholder Activism; Asset Management; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Risk Management; Climate Change; Diversity; Equity; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, and Aldo Sesia. "Strive Asset Management." Harvard Business School Case 123-088, April 2023.
      • March 2023
      • Case

      FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Fonstad
      The board of FinTunes, Inc., a start-up aimed at helping musicians distribute their work and manage their finances, must decide among three candidates to serve as the company’s first independent director. The terms of FinTunes’ last round of financing provided that the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Fonstad. "FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors." Harvard Business School Case 323-071, March 2023.
      • February 2023
      • Supplement

      Peloton Interactive (B)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and David Lane
      Supplements “Peloton Interactive (A)” (HBS No. 323-005), describing company restructuring and changes to management and the board of directors between February 8 and early October 2022. View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth Management; Investment Activism; Leadership; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, and David Lane. "Peloton Interactive (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-046, February 2023.
      • January 2023 (Revised April 2025)
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      Peloton Interactive (A)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and David Lane
      Early in February 2022, the board of Peloton Interactive faced some knotty challenges. Immense pandemic demand for its stationary exercise bicycles and treadmills had prompted the firm to scale up production rapidly. But as gyms reopened and the virulence of the virus... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth Management; Investment Activism; Leadership; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, and David Lane. "Peloton Interactive (A)." Harvard Business School Case 323-005, January 2023. (Revised April 2025.)
      • December 2022 (Revised May 2024)
      • Background Note

      Brief Note on Staggered Boards

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      This background note discusses the evolution, use, and prevalence of staggered boards. By comparison with unitary boards whose members are all elected annually for one-year terms, staggered boards are divided into subsets of directors, with one subset up for election... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Trends; Decision Choices and Conditions; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Brief Note on Staggered Boards." Harvard Business School Background Note 323-040, December 2022. (Revised May 2024.)
      • 20 Oct 2022
      • Other Presentation

      4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value

      By: Adi Ignatius, Lynn Paine, Mihir Desai and Carola Frydman
      A roundtable conversation appraises the 50-year reign of shareholder primacy and the growing backlash against it today.

      The idea that maximizing shareholder value takes legal and practical precedence above all else first came to prominence in the 1970s. The... View Details
      Keywords: Shareholder Value Maximization; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      "4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value." HBR IdeaCast (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, October 20, 2022.
      • 2022
      • Chapter

      Corporate Governance in An Era of Disruption

      By: Lynn S. Paine, Xiaohe Lu and Joanne B. Ciulla
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      Paine, Lynn S., Xiaohe Lu, and Joanne B. Ciulla. "Corporate Governance in An Era of Disruption." In Ethics, Innovation, and Well-Being in Business and the Economy: Proceedings of the Sixth ISBEE (International Society for Business, Economics and Ethics) World Congress, 2016, edited by Lu Xiaohe and Joanne B. Ciulla, 83–90. Shanghai, China: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2022.
      • 10 Jun 2022
      • Lecture

      Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who Is Winning the Battle for Corporate Governance?

      By: Lynn S. Paine
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      "Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who Is Winning the Battle for Corporate Governance?" Lecture at the Harvard Business School Alumni Reunion, Boston, MA, June 10, 2022.
      • 12 May 2022
      • Other Presentation

      Onboarding

      By: Lynn S. Paine, Julia Hanna and Tosh Barron
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      "Onboarding." Skydeck (podcast), Harvard Business School, May 12, 2022.
      • March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
      • Case

      Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; CEO Compensation; CEO Succession; Compensation Committee; Compensation Consultants; Compensation Design; Compensation Mix; Corporate Purpose; COVID-19; ESG; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Manufacturing; Midwest; Pandemic; Purpose; Spin Off; Strategic Change; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; Target-setting; Executive Compensation; Family Ownership; Governance; Restructuring; Strategy; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 322-083, March 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
      • March 2022
      • Supplement

      Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; CEO Compensation; CEO Succession; Compensation Committee; Compensation Consultants; Compensation Design; Compensation Mix; Corporate Purpose; COVID-19; ESG; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Manufacturing; Midwest; Pandemic; Purpose; Spin-off; Strategic Change; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; Target-setting; Executive Compensation; Family Ownership; Governance; Restructuring; Strategy; Transformation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 322-084, March 2022.
      • 2022
      • Chapter

      A Compass for Decision Making

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Book Abstract: The second edition of Responsible Leadership offers orienting knowledge on how to lead in a world of contested values—a world where leadership work extends beyond leaders and direct reports to a whole range of stakeholders inside and outside an... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Decision Making
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      Paine, Lynn S. "A Compass for Decision Making." Chap. 9 in Responsible Leadership. 2nd edition, edited by Nicola Pless and Thomas Maak, 154–167. London: Routledge, 2022.
      • 22 Sep 2021
      • Keynote Speech

      Getting Serious About Sustainability: Corporate Governance for a New Era

      By: Lynn S. Paine
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      "Getting Serious About Sustainability: Corporate Governance for a New Era." Ciclo de Conferencias en Éticas Aplicadas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), September 22, 2021.
      • 21 Sep 2021
      • Keynote Speech

      Building a More Sustainable Economy: The Role of Business

      By: Lynn S. Paine
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      "Building a More Sustainable Economy: The Role of Business." In What Makes a Prosperous Nation? FDC International Advisory Council (IAC) Annual Meeting, Fundação Dom Cabral, September 21, 2021.
      • 2021
      • White Paper

      Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom: A Workshop Convened by Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative and Board Leadership Project

      By: James I. Cash, Linda A. Hill, Hubert Joly, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Inclusion; Organization Culture; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Race; Fairness; Organizational Culture
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      Cash, James I., Linda A. Hill, Hubert Joly, Lynn S. Paine, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom: A Workshop Convened by Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative and Board Leadership Project." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, June 2021.
      • 25 May 2021
      • Panel Discussion

      Understanding the Moment

      By: Lynn S. Paine, Walter Robb, H. W. Brands and Suzanne Vautrinot
      How can we put recent developments in American history, and recent trends in thinking about the responsibilities of business, into perspective? What is the role of the corporation in supporting democracy and civil society? Our panelists—Lynn S. Paine, Walter Robb, H.... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Civil Society or Community
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      "Understanding the Moment." National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Texas Tricities Chapter, May 25, 2021. (Panel moderator.)
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