Director Accountability - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

Peter Barge, CEO of the newly created Corporate Solutions Group of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), is executing a restructuring of the U.S. corporate real estate services division that will enable the company to offer its clients integrated solutions. Barge has created an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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HBS - The year in Review

experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A. Karp Strategy Shirley Lu View Details

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

intended gift purpose. Receiving Bank: Bank of America, 100 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110 Beneficiary Legal Account: President & Fellows of Harvard College, ADS Account Account #: 9429263621 ACH Routing... View Details

12 Apr 2022
Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Mid-US - Global

from government, higher education, and others. The label “climate tech hub” had to be backed by specific proposals to attract available funding. What are the gaps and missing ingredients? What actions might fill the gaps? See more research Mid-US Staff Alicia Dadlani... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the Advisory Board of Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for... View Details

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at Arthur Andersen, the firm he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

April 2011
Case

Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred

Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Fairness; Corporate Accountability; Emotions; Behavior; Leadership Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Disclosure

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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 CEO, CFO and other View Details

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2288746 Accountability of Independent Directors-Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation By: Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine which independent View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

(also listed under Accounting & Management and General Management) Robert Simons Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors (also listed under General Management) Lynn Paine Spring... View Details

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

If it seems like everyone is a manager these days, you may be onto something. Not only is there a profusion of assistant managers, there are also now carpet shampoo and food cart managers, directors of first impressions, assistant bingo... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

value. The rationale for this includes the arguments that managers can be held legally accountable while shareholders “have no legal duty to protect or serve the companies whose shares they own,” managers and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

25th Apply to CORe Apply to CORe for Credit Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that combines Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting with... View Details

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Co-President, African American Student Union Michael Hemment Senior Director of Baker Research and Publishing, Baker Library Manouchka Jacques Assistant Director of Talent Acquisition, Human Resources Kielyn... View Details

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

are being handled in the boardroom and to determine what good climate governance looks like in practice, the authors interviewed 20 directors who hold leadership positions on the boards of S&P 500 companies. Drawing from those interviews... View Details

16 Feb 2023
HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

Chevrolet Camaros. Rather than make excuses, Barra took responsibility for the problems and went further to attribute them to “GM’s cultural problems.” Three years later, she is well on her way to transforming GM’s moribund, finance-driven culture into a dynamic, View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

accountability and governance. 3:50 p.m. Competition or Collaboration? Navigating a Path for Successful Climate Alliances Faculty Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) , Baker Foundation Professor Speakers: Angela Barranco ,... View Details

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