Board Committees - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

the board of directors to ensure a clear line of communications. Just as the audit committee meets privately with the internal auditors so should it meet with the general counsel. Q: Can ethical decision... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

customers, and helping to guide my organization through major changes. Looking back, I’m proud of the role I played in building such a successful company in my field, and I’m equally proud of the personal life I built with my family. I’m also grateful to have chaired... View Details

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO following... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

Thirty (G30) issued a reform blueprint that endorsed the idea. Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve and now a top economic adviser to President Obama, led the committee that wrote the report. G30 members included Treasury... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

have encouraged the School to get more deeply involved in understanding the unique nature of this community," noted Dean Clark at a CRC steering committee meeting held in October. "We really need to be plugged in to the area in order to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/56113 Working Papers The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—This paper studies the persistence and some of the consequences of the eventual abandonment by the Federal Open Market View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

signals accordingly. At that very moment in 1998, the IMF Executive Board and Interim Committee were considering codifying the norm for all 184 members, as had the EU and OECD for their own clubs. That... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

01 Jan 2005
News

Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Indian Industry, which represents over 5,000 companies from India's private and public sectors. In that role in 1994-95, he chaired a blue-ribbon committee of twenty CEOs who wrote India's first report on the principles of good corporate... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

to children's furniture and toys. Upon leaving the Commission six years later, Franklin joined the Wharton faculty. However, her public service continued. She served four terms as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and... View Details

30 May 2025
News

Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Urbana-Champaign Ann is a General Partner at The Engine, an MIT-launched venture capital firm that invests in early-stage “Tough Tech” companies in the Boston area. On behalf of The Engine, she serves on the boards of Vaxess Technologies,... View Details

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

company from 1957 to 1992. American Research and Development (ARD) provided the initial funding for the launch of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. Ken Olsen and Georges Doriot subsequently developed a lifelong personal and professional relationship, and Olsen... View Details

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

had the kind of in-depth look it deserves, yet it is at the core of a number of the problems we've seen. The board of directors and its compensation committee determine the compensation of the CEO in our... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

made in the context of significant trade-offs among these criteria that may lie ahead. Will this prompt a continuation of the proliferation of board committees on sustainability or its first cousin, risk? If... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

foundations with formal boards and designated roles and responsibilities. Now there is a wide range of foundations that are emerging. At one end of the continuum are nonprofit foundations that act as little more than legal shells to hold... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

on topics from anti-racism to identity in the workplace. She also joined young professional boards for the education non-profit Minds Matter and Boston Healthcare for the Homeless. “As I look toward the future post-HBS,” Marlíse shared,... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

when a Philadelphia museum runs a full-page ad in the New York Times, a Boston bus is swathed in a van Gogh image, and a Chicago cab receipt invites you to visit that city's Museum of Contemporary Art. READ MORE Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue A Trusty View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

15 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 15

nature of accounting standards proposed between 1973 and 2007. Among other results, we find that length of service on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards... View Details