Independent Directors - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

that the Chinese wall was no protection at all for the independence of the analysts. Trying to sell IPOs, analysts gave glowing recommendations to firms which collapsed within months. Trying to support the stocks of firms previously sold... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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Brian T. Bedol

footage, it would be impossible not to have that kind of emotional reaction to it. I thought, “I need to try this.” Were there other serendipitous moments that jump out at you? We were having a very difficult time getting the Classic Sports channel distributed. It... View Details

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

professor Greg Dees on an independent study examining initiatives that focused on broadening the pipeline of minorities in business schools as well as private- and public-sector executive positions. That work led Rice to establish... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

life, but he wasn’t sure that passion could be part of his business career, too. Now a managing director for Closed Loop Partners, he reflects on finding his way to a career that merges the worlds of finance, investing, and environmental... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

are trying to do the right thing. How do we make boards even stronger? Some good ideas I've heard recently call for getting the independent directors to meet alone without management and having somebody... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

that showed a wide disparity in learning gains among CMOs in 23 states found that those organizations backed by Hall's fund had significantly higher learning gains than other CMOs or independent charter schools. "We are trying to build... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

platform providing access to prescription drugs for all Americans. Bill is also the lead independent director of Minerva Neuroscience and a director of Optinose, Inc.... View Details

14 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

Professional Development who gave her a sounding board and new perspective, and ultimately decided to make the scary but exciting jump back into the industry she loved. Her next role was as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at... View Details

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

immediately fell more than $13 billion. Now assume that you're one of nine independent directors of the Acme Corporation. It has come to your attention that the CEO has appropriated resources for his... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Mar 2005
What Do You Think?

Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?

somehow behave differently from business people because they have passed some kind of certification process." As Deepak Alse put it, "Licensing or professional tags will not have any impact on the personal ethics...What we really need are more View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

labor. One day in 1954, he was assigned to interview James P. Mitchell, President Eisenhower's secretary of labor. Mitchell was so impressed that he asked the young journalist to join him in Washington. Lodge accepted and soon became the Labor Department's View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)

Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) leadership team, then-BEI Director Jennifer Nash and BEI Faculty Chair and Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management Mike Toffel, sparked the idea for the podcast. They thought it... View Details

14 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

Governance When Founders Are Directors Authors:Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

financing institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). We find that developing countries serving on the Board of Executive Directors can expect an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

effect is most pronounced when all of the fund's directors are independent, not the 75 percent level of independence required by the SEC. Higher-paid target fund boards are less likely to approve... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Apr 2016
News

Steps to Success

her for a small chain of upscale restaurants run by Kansas-based Gilbert-Robinson, Inc. After two years as vice president of marketing, she returned to Minneapolis to work at an ad agency and to do some independent consulting. In 1998,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

13 Jun 2014
News

The Art of Effecting Change

director at Summit Partners, says her connection to the contemporary art world began casually. The mother of four had taken a break from real estate development (Rouse & Associates, then AEW Capital Management) after the birth of her... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

perhaps a bit self-congratulatory, but in retrospect this has certainly been 100% true. There’s a reason everyone always remembers the Erik Peterson case. I ended up spending the second semester of my second year with that very LEAD professor working on an View Details

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

cases, films are produced independently and distributed by studios under revenue sharing agreements, which give studios 30% to 40% of the revenue stream. Under either regime, the studio determines and pays for the allocation of scarce... View Details