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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Media Club, the Black Investment Club, and the African American Student Union; he is a two-time recipient of the Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. McGee has extensive corporate and nonprofit board... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
putting his ideas into action. At a high level, he has led a restructuring of the organization’s all-volunteer board, creating technical and commercial committees to focus on strategy and better involve the View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
committee on the board of General Electric which came under pressure to drop Langone from its board. This case follows the backlash against Langone over his role in the NYSE crisis and the resulting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the first African American appointed to... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal
partner of Avid Partners, a San Francisco firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Globalization By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51810 The Structure of Board Committees By: Chen, Kevin D., and Andy Wu... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
(“Shiggi”) Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired “committee system” for its board of directors — the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn Paine and Japan Research Office... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
carried out by standing committees of the Board of Directors, with each director serving on at least one committee. This year's candidates are: Scott C. Collins, AB '87 magna cum laude, JD '90 cum laude.... View Details
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
to either eliminating virgin wool entirely or ensuring it is Responsible Wool Standard certified in the near future.” Deckers’ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Tom Garcia works closely with the board View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Others have raised concerns about investing too much power in the hands of the Fed. Pozen advised the Senate committee to tap the Federal Reserve as the super regulator but to delegate enforcement to the appropriate existing federal... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
those classes,” she says. A return to consulting, for marketing firm Mavens & Moguls—run by her sister-in-law, Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)—led Ruhr to join the volunteer board of the American Refugee View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 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
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
the boards of Sarah Lawrence College (his late wife, Mary Lawrence Clifford, was Sarah Lawrence’s great-great-granddaughter) and the American Museum of Natural History, where, as a member of the Executive View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
include bodies as varied in scope as the Financial Accounting Standards Board on one end to the DSL Forum on the other. On the tech side, SSOs work both with technology sponsors and users to develop a set of standards for products to... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Rohm and Haas board decided how to move forward after its largest shareholder chose to sell all of its shares in the company. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411001-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
work just as well. Luckily this meant I had plenty of places to hide. I found a tree a few hundred feet beyond the starting line and ducked for cover. Then I spritzed myself with water to ensure that I was appropriately sweaty and jogged out for the last lap. It... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 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
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
similar to the U.S. system where outside directors and three committees (nomination, compensation, and audit) are established, and the other is the traditional Japanese system where boards are dominated by... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell