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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser
commentator; a current board member of four marketing-related corporations; formerly an editor and later board chairman of the Harvard Business Review; and former executive director of the Marketing Science... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
University Elections
beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The main work of the association is carried out by standing committees of the Board of Directors, with each director serving on at least one... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Mary Falvey
up." I became the first woman to manage a profit center at Citibank and then the first woman to serve on the executive committee and board of directors of a Wall Street firm. I stepped in as CEO to lead... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
possible for them to take the long- and proper-view." Yadeed Lobo articulated the problem faced by corporate boards when he commented that "it is very difficult for board members to judge relative... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
company to transfer assets and liabilities to certain so-called special purpose entities (SPEs). According to the Powers report, which was published by a special committee of Enron's board after the company... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
Do you believe in miracles? Some say that's what it will take for the Olympic movement to recover from the scandal surrounding the awarding of the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. Or maybe all that's needed, as the Salt Lake Organizing View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, he is a past member of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has also served on the executive committee of the Asia... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
because they have a long-term focus to serve long-term social problems. "We owe a lot to nonprofit organizations," she said. "The Sierra Club, for example, has been an effective voice for the environmental movement, and the International Rescue View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
particularly in educational, artistic and business spheres.” In addition to her business enterprises, Efimova is also a strong supporter of the arts and international relations. She serves on the Auxiliary Board of the Joffrey Ballet as... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
2006 Named VP, University of Oklahoma 2009 Named President, Hampden-Sydney College 2010 Coauthors Money Makers: Inside the New World of Finance and Business 2016 Named President, Robert Morris University 2017 Appointed to College Football Playoff Selection View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
require listed firms to have a majority of independent directors and mandate compensation committees to be entirely composed of outside directors. The exchanges also require firms to get shareholder approval of overall executive... View Details
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
boards of directors are keenly interested in the latest sustainability or corporate responsibility report. They do not routinely ask for or receive a product safety review. Risk management committees... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
terrific. So it was inspiring and uplifting and I was thrilled to have it unfold that way given that it was the final dinner during my term as club president.” She adds that this was the first time all of the leadership roles for the event—the Dinner Chair, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
includes the following positions held: cochairman (and 38-year veteran) of Goldman Sachs; deputy secretary of state in the Reagan administration; and board president of many prominent nonprofit organizations. Founder of the View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
befits this gardening enthusiast, The Scotts Company) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund in Maine. A graduate and longtime supporter of Radcliffe, she has... View Details
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
corporations, the CEO is selected by a higher authority (the board of directors) acting on behalf of the shareholders, which gives him strong positional power to shape the company's direction, strategically and organizationally. The PSF... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Senate, said that the new law's value is that it helps eliminate conflicts of interest between auditors and a company's board of directors by decreeing that directors establish an independent... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
Women’s Leadership Accelerator in San Francisco this past March, where some 250 alumnae participated in a daylong program. Topics determined by the alumnae program committee included career pivots, social impact leadership, and how women... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
more balanced and comprehensive if management believes that directors might seek an independent opinion. It should be noted that there is a precedent for providing directors with independent funding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that audit View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund
company¹s president and executive committee head, attended HBS in 1989, when he was working for Sandoz, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical firm. Sandoz merged with another Swiss company, Ciba-Geigy, to become Novartis in 1996. In his new... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh