Board - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

2006 shows that leader characteristics at both the senior management and director levels affect corporate philanthropic contributions. We also find that organizational structure constrains the philanthropic influence of board members but... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

03 Sep 2018
News

Moving Pictures

to get people to understand your vision.” It’s a process that begins with Singer outlining an overall treatment of the story. “That allows executives, producers, and the director to get on board with your battle plan, even if it’s going... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

In the course of conducting research, each team can apply for and receive a grant of $1,000 to defray expenses — the telephone bills, plane tickets, and office supplies incurred by any budding start-up. Faculty advisors provide an early sounding View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

(MBA 1994) and Michael Lynton (MBA 1987) were both recently named to the board of the Warner Music Group (WMG)/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. The $100 million fund, a partnership between the family foundation of... View Details

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

leader David Yarnold who was brought in by the board in 2010. Under Yarnold's leadership the organization went through two strategic plans (2012–2016 and 2016–2020) and brought about many changes. At the start of 2017, Yarnold declared... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 19

The Magna (B) case describes the proposal that Magna's board put to a shareholder vote. Students are asked to evaluate it and decide whether they would approve it. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211044-PDF-ENG... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Scientist 52, no. 6 (2009): 885-904 Abstract This article provides a critical reflection on the heavily normative nature of current accountability debates. In particular, it explores three streams of normative discourse on nonprofit accountability: improving View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Lynn Paine Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors General Management, Organizational Behavior Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Jason Pananos Field Course: Value... View Details

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

important. We said it should move very slowly because each of these decisions involve so much money for the bidders that they have to go to their, some sort of finance committee or, or an executive committee of the board to get approval... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

that required a massive amount of investment before it could take off,” says Yoffie, who served on E Ink’s board from 1999 to 2004. “The truism is that getting to that point takes longer and costs more money than the most pessimistic... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

document the Norwegian business community's reaction to the quota, how Norwegian boards sought women directors, and the transferability of the quota law to other nations. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

to cry “diversity washing,” an offshoot of earlier references to “greenwashing” and “woke washing,” when describing inauthentic approaches to environmental and progressive social issues. Wiley’s experience at The Partnership and her perspective from decades on... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

for urban ridesharing applications. “Most ridesharing opportunities tend to be in urban areas where size matters, where parking is expensive and elusive,” says Fletcher, who attended the School’s Women on Boards Executive Education... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

Board (EDB), amazed the audience when he described how his country is building massive industrial townships in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. "If [building infrastructure] were a gold mine, I would not be here; if it was not a nightmare... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

major HBS report to Harvard's Board of Overseers outlining the School's plan to "enlarge its activities so as to be of still more service to the country" by expanding instruction in public aspects of business. Articles during World War II... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

June 2024
Case

Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney

In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of... View Details

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26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

of fresh orange juice. For the last 18 years, Arhodidis worked for Eurobank, one of the country’s four systemic banks. When he left last July, he was a member of the executive board and a general manager in charge of global markets,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

advanced cellular and molecular biology, Amgen was in its second year in 1982 when Binder came on board as CFO after gaining top-level managerial experience in a variety of companies. Over the next several years, he helped raise hundreds... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

25 Aug 2010
News

Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

clear pattern. So, about 20 minutes into the class, he moves the board, revealing a board that up until then had been hidden. And what was written on the board? “Wah wah, wah wah wah wah.” We never laughed so hard, and the poor professor... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

mitigate this portability risk is to hire members of a team. People who have known each other from prior projects, firms, communities, associations, and boards might have the advantages of long-standing relationships and trust to bond... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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