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- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
Activist corporate governance reformers are spending too much time—and capturing too much of the media's attention—on fringe issues. One current initiative, for example, focuses on promoting "majority voting" for directors, a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- December 2010
- Article
Rating the Ratings: How Good are Commercial Governance Ratings?
By: Robert M. Daines, Ian D. Gow and David F. Larcker
Proxy advisory and corporate governance rating firms (such as RiskMetrics/Institutional Shareholder Services, GovernanceMetrics International, and The Corporate Library) play an increasingly important role in U.S. public markets. They rank the quality of firm corporate... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Markets; Rank and Position; Quality; Business and Shareholder Relations; Voting; Change; Information; Outcome or Result; United States
Daines, Robert M., Ian D. Gow, and David F. Larcker. "Rating the Ratings: How Good are Commercial Governance Ratings?" Journal of Financial Economics 98, no. 3 (December 2010): 439–461.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Michael E. Nagel
- November 2011
- Article
Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors
By: Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director with a non-founder CEO (founder-director firms). We find that founder-director firms offer a different mix of incentives to their CEOs than other firms.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Retention; Policy; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Wages; United States
Li, Feng, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors." Journal of Financial Economics 102, no. 2 (November 2011): 454–469.
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
similarities and differences between the different types of boards and what newcomers to nonprofit governance can expect. Comparing Nonprofits... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2012
- News
What Every Nonprofit Board Needs to Know
- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-035, October 2018.
- 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... View Details
Keywords: 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.)
- 17 Aug 2018
- News
Worker Representation on Boards Won’t Work Without Trust
- 28 Feb 2023
- News
The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship
- April 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Supplement
Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Accountability; Business Conglomerates; Governing and Advisory Boards; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Mining Industry; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Governance at Metallgesellschaft (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-056, April 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- July 2004
- Supplement
Harold Morton: Joining a Board
A trustee reflects on his first several years' experience. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Harold Morton: Joining a Board." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 305-703, July 2004.
- 31 Oct 2013
- News
What Board Directors Really Do in Their Free Time
- August 2015
- Article
Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics
By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored... View Details
Keywords: Hospitals; Quality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Tsai, Thomas C., Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom, and Raffaella Sadun. "Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics." Health Affairs 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1304–1311.
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
several vice presidential posts. Fischer is a member of the Bishop's Council of Rhode Island and serves on three advisory boards at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- News
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
- Article
The Social Nature of Boards
By: Rakesh Khurana and Katharina Pick
Keywords: Governance
Khurana, Rakesh, and Katharina Pick. "The Social Nature of Boards." Brooklyn Law Review 70, no. 4 (Summer 2005).
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
“Allowing owners to have more power and influence in corporate board elections seems to be valuable.” In August 2010, the US Securities and Exchange Commission passed Rule... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
As autumn approaches and the HBS Alumni Board prepares for a new year of activity, I want to bring you up-to-date on the group’s most recent accomplishments. But first, it’s important to acknowledge the role... View Details