Governing and Advisory Boards - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2017
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Sir David Clementi Named BBC Chairman

broadcaster be run by an external board rather than the BBC Trust, which currently governs the organization. Analysis from a BBC media editor notes some of the challenges Clementi will face in the new role:... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

later adopted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the nation's stock exchanges. Bajaj's expertise in these matters has also been tapped by the New York Stock... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

governed by one or the other of these regimes, and Jensen suggests that time is split between them in about a 50:50 ratio. The switch into the PAM regime occurs when we are frightened -- which can happen... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

“The government was not prepared to handle a fraction of that number,” says Bhargava, who is president of the Washington, DC–based consulting company Bankworld. “Things got out of control.” Police opened fire, killing three of the young... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

Authority, and it's locally based in Accra, with a governing board made up of top figures from government, business, and civil society. That, I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

01 Sep 2009
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Home Sweet Home

the development of Hilton Head, South Carolina, before moving on to a long and successful career at Trammell Crow. In May, he announced a gift of $100 million to Habitat for Humanity International, whose View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Sep 2005
News

Make Plans for Washington GLF

ties between all of you and the School. The fact that I am the first non-U.S. member of the Alumni Board to serve in this capacity says much about the global orientation of HBS today. Having served on the... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Apr 1999
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Time to Vote in University Elections

will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of... View Details

19 Feb 2010
News

Will Reform Affect Recovery?

Keywords: Finance

01 Oct 1996
News

At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

effective relationships with boards of directors. In addition to Porter, other HBS faculty members teaching in those sessions included Professor Jay W. Lorsch, a leading expert on corporate governance View Details

Keywords: Jon Prestage

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond Accommodation

serving on the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. After earning his MBA, Gibbons returned to AT&T to head its subsidiary, Campus Wide Access Solutions, a $15 million company providing cash-card operations to colleges View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; AT&T; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

04 Nov 2016
News

Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?

every dry-erase board in his office. “People can widely speculate all they want," Summers tells Crain’s about the possibility of a mayoral or gubernatorial run. "Meanwhile I will come in every day, bring my lunchbox View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders

School’s Alumni Board and the Latin America Advisory Board. In addition, she has established a fellowship fund to encourage women to earn their MBAs. “We need more women... View Details

07 Oct 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Building Your Own Dream Team

book, his text-messaging bills surely the rival of a government bailout. Ferrazzi’s new book, Who’s Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success — and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

31 Jan 2025
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New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2004
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Roll the Credits

the ratings system, to challenge government boards that censored Hollywood content” (USA Today, March 24, 2004). In those days, the movies were the country’s undisputed entertainment choice; today, by... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Where Are They Now?

in management control systems through research focused on the various issues related to the design and effects of performance measurement, evaluation and incentive systems, and, more recently, corporate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

representation on private and public boards. “Our goal is to get 21 Latino placements on boards in 2021,” says Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010) , president of Ivy Advisors, who organized View Details