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- 2002
- Report
Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise
By: Lynn S. Paine and other contributors
Paine, Lynn S., and other contributors. "Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise." Report, Conference Board, November 2002.
- 26 Jun 2012
- News
Facebook Adds COO Sandberg to Board as First Female Director
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers
C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), is the only HBS alumnus among the eight candidates running in this year's election for the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Spangler, a prominent leader in both business and higher education,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- Web
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors Course Number 2010 Baker Foundation Professor Lynn Paine Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Click here for a sample syllabus for this course Who should take the... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- News
Boards Are Obstructing ESG — at Their Own Peril
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Khurana, Rakesh. "Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Succession." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 7553C.)
- 10 Aug 2022
- Podcast
How Ceres Supports Corporate Boards to Accelerate Climate Action
Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, shares how Ceres works with corporate boards to facilitate systemic change in private sector climate action, including why boards are a critical part of the equation. He also talks... View Details
- 1989
- Book
Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards
By: J. W. Lorsch and Elizabeth MacIver
Keywords: Management Teams
Lorsch, J. W., and Elizabeth MacIver. Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1989.
- March 2018
- Case
A Nonprofit Board in Transition at Farrington Nature Linc
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily Irving
- August 2017 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI
By: Josh Lerner and Ted Berk
Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice among three different... View Details
Keywords: Equity Method; Leveraged Buyout; Management Buyout; Capital; Design; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Management; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Banking Industry; Massachusetts
Lerner, Josh, and Ted Berk. "Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI." Harvard Business School Case 218-022, August 2017. (Revised September 2023.)
- 16 Oct 2012
- News
‘This Comes As a Big Surprise’: GS Board Member
- 21 Jun 2021
- News
5 Questions Boards Should Be Asking About Digital Transformation
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Private-sector finance experience goes to work for nonprofit boards
Tom Kempner (MBA 1978) talks about using his experience in finance to help manage several nonprofit organizations in New York City. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
What Factors Drive Director Perceptions of Their Board's Effectiveness?
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Richard Ellis Crum
We use a survey of directors to collect data on their ratings of board effectiveness as well as board internal dynamics and key processes. Controlling for many of the governance metrics examined by prior research, we find that directors’ ratings of their boards’... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Performance Effectiveness; Perception; Risk Management
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Richard Ellis Crum. "What Factors Drive Director Perceptions of Their Board's Effectiveness?" Working Paper, February 2016.
- August 2015
- Article
Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics
By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored... View Details
Keywords: Hospitals; Quality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Tsai, Thomas C., Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom, and Raffaella Sadun. "Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics." Health Affairs 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1304–1311.
- February 2022
- Teaching Note
Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 218-022. View Details
- October 2018
- Case
BBVA: Corporate Governance & Corporate Strategy
By: Krishna Palepu and Jordi Canals
BBVA is a very successful Spanish bank facing a number of challenges as a result of significant industry and regulatory changes. The company takes pride in its board structure and excellent corporate governance. The Chairman of the Board was wondering how best to... View Details
- August 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Supplement
The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-045, August 2005. (Revised January 2007.)