Publications

July 1993 (Revised August 1994)
Supplement

Sears Auto Centers (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro

Sears's CEO responds to the allegations. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

Web

Global - Global Activities 2020

times.” “ Through this network, HBS faculty can quickly get insights into global developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and how different nations and companies are grappling with it. ” Lynn Paine Senior... View Details

2025
Chapter

Critical Choices in Designing a Board: An Overview

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Lynn S. Paine

Board design is never one-size-fits-all. It’s a series of critical choices—each with trade-offs—that can define how a board functions, governs, and delivers strategic value.

That’s the premise of "Critical Choices in Designing a Board," a... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards

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October 2023
Supplement

McDonald's Board of Directors (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

October 2023
Supplement

McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

March 2022
Supplement

Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

November 2018 (Revised January 2019)
Supplement

The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Federica Gabrieli

Supplement to the (A) case. The case describes the events that took place in the run-up to the 2018 Annual General Meeting, the voting outcome, key perspectives on success factors, and the challenges that The Weir Group faced in the near future. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Human Resources; Management; Executive Compensation; Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland

October 2017
Supplement

Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz

Supplements the (A) case.

Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California

October 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Background Note

Memo From Counsel: Antitrust Law and Customer Allocation

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons

When do antitrust laws come into play in a bidding situation? What should a company do if an antitrust violation is uncovered? This memo discusses "hard-core" antitrust violations, focusing on bid rigging and market allocation, under the laws of the U.S. and other... View Details

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Monopoly; Shipping Industry; United States

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2002
Report

Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise

By: Lynn S. Paine and other contributors

Keywords: Business Ventures; Trust; Private Sector

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2009
Report

Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation

By: Lynn S. Paine and other contributors

Keywords: Executive Compensation

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June 2008 (Revised January 2012)
Background Note

Solving a Problem or Sounding the Alarm? Guidelines on Blowing the Whistle

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons

Many of us will at some point in our professional lives encounter situations involving what we believe to be wrongful or injurious activities that may cause harm to innocent parties, our company, or the public. It may be necessary to bring the matter to the attention... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Business Processes; Behavior

November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
Teaching Note

Conflict on a Trading Floor (TN) (A) and (B) (LCA)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Stocks

August 2006 (Revised June 2007)
Teaching Note

Sears Auto Centers (TN) (A) and (B) (Abridged) and (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Auto Industry

July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia

The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the labor practices of its suppliers. A particular concern is avoiding child labor and other forms of workplace coercion.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Labor; Rights; Nonprofit Organizations; Switzerland

February 2006 (Revised January 2007)
Supplement

ChoicePoint (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Zack Phillips

July 2005
Background Note

Guth v. Loft: Synopsis

By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

Provides a brief overview of the Supreme Court of Delaware's opinion in the 1939 case of Guth v. Loft, a widely cited application of the "corporate opportunity doctrine." Explores the corporate law principles regulating when a corporate manager can or cannot take... View Details

Keywords: Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Management; Opportunities

November 2004 (Revised November 2004)
Supplement

Martha Stewart (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

March 2004 (Revised May 2006)
Background Note

Corporate Reform in the United States

By: Lynn S. Paine and Kim Bettcher

The spate of corporate misdeeds revealed to the American public in 2001 to 2002 prompted corrective action in many quarters of the U.S. economy. The note summarizes some of the steps taken by lawmakers, regulators, law-enforcement officials, companies, investors,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Capital Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Trust; United States