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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
Fischer I am happy to report that the HBSAA Board of Directors is off to another great start. This dynamic group of more than forty alumni — including class secretaries, club presidents, and other devoted volunteers — has outlined a... View Details
- Mar 07 2017
- Testimonial
A Launch Pad for Board Leadership
- 11 Mar 2016
- News
Bob Evans’ Activist Shareholder Battles with Board He Helped Pick
- 2021
- White Paper
Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom: A Workshop Convened by Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative and Board Leadership Project
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Inclusion; Organization Culture; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Race; Fairness; Organizational Culture
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.
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
Open the Wall Street Journal on any given day, and you are likely to find at least one story about how technology is disrupting yet another industry, and the pressures companies face to innovate. And yet, for board members of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Jul 2011
- News
News Corp and Questions Boards Need to Ask
- 14 Feb 2013
- News
HBS Class Explores Lack of Women on Corporate Boards
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
Summing Up "It is pretty clear to me to whom the board is accountable: the shareholders."—J. W. Penland "When the board deviates from long- and short-term shareholder interests as it has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- October 1984
- Case
NIKE (E2): Board Taps New Members
Christensen, C. Roland, and David C. Rikert. "NIKE (E2): Board Taps New Members." Harvard Business School Case 385-035, October 1984.
- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CPP Investment Board
Organization Melissa Dalmacio, Senior Advisor, Campus Recruitment, CPP Investment Board Describe your organization in three to five sentences. CPP Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the most respected and... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 07 Mar 2017
- Webinars: Career
Getting on Boards in 2017: Trends & Insights
As companies seek to address the challenges and opportunities brought about by digital disruption, driving global growth, and entering new markets, their boardrooms are also in transition. Board directors are looking around the table and recognizing the need to bring... View Details
- June 7, 2016
- Blog Post
The Value-Decreasing Effect of Staggered Boards
By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Cohen, Alma, and Charles CY Wang. "The Value-Decreasing Effect of Staggered Boards." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 7, 2016). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2016/06/07/the-value-decreasing-effect-of-staggered-boards/.
- Blog Post
Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value
By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Cohen, Alma, and Charles CY Wang. "Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (December 13, 2017). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/12/13/reexamining-staggered-boards-and-shareholder-value/.
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
The Women Who Become Board Members
- December 1998
- Case
Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In July 1999, the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), a statutory national and international grain marketing organization, would become grower-owned. As a private corporation, the AWB would no longer receive government borrowing guarantees and would have to rely on its own... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Capital Structure; Globalized Markets and Industries; Monopoly; Employee Ownership; Competition
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Australian Wheat Board Limited.: Becoming a Grower-owned Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 599-070, December 1998.
- June 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Examines the resignation of Philip Purcell as chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley as a result of poor performance and cultural problems, as well as his relationship to the board of directors. View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Resignation and Termination; Performance; Rank and Position
Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-105, June 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- 2009
- Chapter
Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards." Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board. 1st ed. Edited by Jay A. Conger, 25–50. Jossey-Bass, 2009.
- 08 Sep 2022
- News