Alumni Association Board of Directors - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

further thought: "Does increasing transparency and visibility of the ratios help increase the ability for shareholders and boards to make better choices?" He commented, "One View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

with bankruptcy for executives and boards of directors has diminished, among other stakeholders it has come to be viewed as merely a vehicle for corporations to circumvent... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

boards of directors are keenly interested in the latest sustainability or corporate responsibility report. They do not routinely ask for or receive a product safety review.... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

climate-change regulation. Would IBM still be ranked the #1 American company in Newsweek's Green Rankings if the assessment took seriously the fact that IBM is a board member of the US Chamber View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

companies do CSR in fits and starts” The problem? They lack a cohesive CSR strategy, says Rangan, who recently cowrote the working paper Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It with HBS research associate Lisa A. Chase... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

Board Still, Feeley remains bullish on the value of value-based health care, and is heartened by high-level interest by government officials. Over the past few months, Feeley, Porter, and Kaplan met with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

can educate." Judging from the applause that punctuated the conclusion of his remarks, Nohria more than satisfied the collective curiosity about where the School is headed. Said Fred Fortmiller (MBA '53), an View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

Gilmore. Steve Cunningham, director of customer listening at Cisco, agrees that it's vital to listen and respond to individual customer needs and preferences. But he believes you must also pay attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

serves as chairman of the consultancy TruePoint Partners and of its educational and research institute, the TruePoint Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. In the e-mail interview that follows, Beer talks... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

First, it would provide for a collective approach to poverty reduction. The WDC board of directors would include about twelve of the world's most... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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