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Mar 07 2017
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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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11 Mar 2016
News

Bob Evans’ Activist Shareholder Battles with Board He Helped Pick

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
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News Corp and Questions Boards Need to Ask

October 1984
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NIKE (E2): Board Taps New Members

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24 May 2012
News

HBS Alum Joins University Governing Board

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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

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

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

14 Feb 2013
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HBS Class Explores Lack of Women on Corporate Boards

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Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Leadership; Governing and Advisory Boards

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16 Oct 2020
Keynote Speech

Evolving Board Practices Amidst the Pandemic

By: Lynn S. Paine

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June 7, 2016
Blog Post

The Value-Decreasing Effect of Staggered Boards

By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang

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Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value

By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang

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25 Jul 2013
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The Women Who Become Board Members

December 1998
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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

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