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- 17 Dec 2013
- News
What Boards Can Do About Brain Drain
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
or breakup of the corporation has become inevitable. Thus, the CEO who asserted, "I have a duty to maximize value for my shareholders. I can't let my own sense of right and wrong get in the way," is just plain wrong as a matter... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Board Leader, and Transitions and Transformations. Long-term goals for this committee include determining which programs resonate with alumni and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
10 Questions to Guide Boards Through the Pandemic
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
What Corporate Boards Can Learn from Boeing’s Mistakes
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
explain that there are three stages in life: twenty years devoted to learning; twenty years devoted to earning; and twenty years devoted to serving. That advice really stuck with us.” “Becoming a board... View Details
- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
disappointing to board members who witnessed the turnaround Easterbrook had led at the company since his promotion to CEO four years earlier. The board’s investigation found that Easterbrook’s “consensual relationship” wasn’t physical but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 1999
- Chapter
Why Sane People Shouldn't Serve on Public Boards
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
Sahlman, William A. "Why Sane People Shouldn't Serve on Public Boards." Chap. 24 in The Entrepreneurial Venture. 2nd ed. by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J Roberts, and Amar V. Bhide, 441–449. Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
distinguished group of South African business and government leaders speak about the challenges facing their dynamic continent? Be sure to note the dates for the next conference, June 13-16, 2000, in Berlin,... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- News
Boards can get better at expecting the unexpected
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni, twelve HBS professors, and a distinguished group of Asian business and government officials focused on the June 30 transfer of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of... View Details
- 2014
- Chapter
Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board
By: Robert G. Eccles, J. Herron and George Serafeim
This book is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Institutional Investing; Financial Services Industry
Eccles, Robert G., J. Herron, and George Serafeim. "Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board." Chap. 31 in Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty, edited by James P. Hawley, Andreas G.F. Hoepner, Keith L. Johnson, Joakim Sandberg, and Edward J. Waitzer, 403–415. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- 19 Aug 2014
- News
What exactly is the Market Basket board doing?
- 04 Oct 2023
- News
A Tool to Help Boards Measure Cyber Resilience
- 14 Dec 2022
- News
4 Strategies to Secure a Corporate Board Seat
- September 2000
- Article
The Role of the Board in Corporate Strategy
By: Robert B. Stobaugh and Warren L. Batts
Stobaugh, Robert B., and Warren L. Batts. "The Role of the Board in Corporate Strategy." Director's Monthly (September 2000): 1–3.
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
- June 2003 (Revised June 2003)
- Background Note
M & A Legal Context: Basic Framework for Corporate Governance
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Students are introduced to the basic framework for corporate governance. Begins by describing the complex role of the modern corporation, then proceeds by discussing the fiduciary duties to which a board of trustees is bound (duty of care, duty of loyalty, etc.), and... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M & A Legal Context: Basic Framework for Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-200, June 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
- 22 Feb 2012
- News