Board Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009
Teaching Note

"Lather, Rinse, Repeat": FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team (TN)

By: Noam T. Wasserman

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Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Negotiation Deal

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2.4.1 Cases Involving Sexual Harassment or Other Sexual Misconduct & Cases involving Discrimination or Bullying | MBA

policy violation has occurred, the Conduct Review Board (CRB) must accept that finding as final and non-reviewable. The only opportunity to appeal the determination of a policy violation is provided within the grievance procedures... View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Senate, said that the new law's value is that it helps eliminate conflicts of interest between auditors and a company's board of directors by decreeing that directors establish an independent... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

23 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

investors seemed to lie in the decisions that followed the investment. In addition to granting cash, venture capitalists are heavily involved in hiring or firing the CEO of the portfolio company, choosing a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

Career Coach

Tricia Peralta

these decision points against your overall career goals, and serve as a sounding board as you think about what matters most to you. She is also happy to help with career visioning, case interviews,... View Details

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

This statute also tells directors that they may delegate the actual running of the company to its officers. Court decisions related to director conduct are largely focused on matters of process-that is, on how View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

think the data exists." (In these instances, I came up with estimates and went on with the necessary calculations.) I wasn't surprised. How many of us have sat in on board meetings where the analysis of historical financial data went... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

making leadership both more difficult and more rewarding than it was a generation ago. If critical decisions in the last century were typified by an all-or-nothing gamble on a new big new factory or business arm, then View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jul 2014
News

Should a Female Director Tone It Down?

Keywords: corporate governance; women in business

01 Feb 1997
News

Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

And mechanisms exist to handle such contingencies both efficiently and effectively. Depending on the facts and circumstances, for instance, a job change could lead to a decision not to renominate an incumbent director. In a case of... View Details

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

01 Sep 2020
News

Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future

Photo courtesy of Daniel O’Keefe Photo courtesy of Daniel O’Keefe The HBS Alumni Board welcomes 22 new members for 2020–21 this fall. The complete roster is here. The Board is a representative group of 81... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush; alumni events; lifelong learning; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 2011
Case

William Jeffrey Departs from Bay Colony Mutual

By: Lena G. Goldberg

A board's decision-making and process in investigating and terminating a company's CEO are explored and the company's policies and contractual obligations considered. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Resignation and Termination; Contracts; Leadership

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2.3.4 Sexual & Gender Based Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | MBA

provided within the grievance procedures implemented by the ODR and the Office for Gender Equity. Appeals within HBS pertain only to the decision of the HBS Conduct and Review Board in determining... View Details

23 Feb 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

part of that evolution—as the cofounder of a professional services firm, an investor, a developer, and a corporate board member. “The challenge and the opportunity is to work to ensure all Pittsburghers benefit from this transition,” he... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2015
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Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

to a new working paper coauthored by Lecturer Abigail Allen, the opposite is often true. When the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) proposed stricter public pension accounting standards in 2012, many state governments balked.... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

Review Board (CRB); separate procedures apply for allegations under the Sexual Harassment or Other Sexual Misconduct policies and the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying policies , as reflected in those sections of the Handbook. Students... View Details

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

"triple bottom line." The authors posit (but do not prove) that organizations that satisfy all 3 criteria in their decision-making will realize greater economic success than those that fulfill only 1 or 2 of them. By extension, one could argue that View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

There is no more important decision a board can make than naming a CEO. Yet most companies pay scant attention to the issue of succession other than a few whispered names in the hallways. The result? The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

18 Oct 2016
First Look

October 18, 2016

built a high-end brand, the key decision in the case is whether to begin expanding the S'well product portfolio to the mass market. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

What do you think? Original column Evaluating the decisions of CEOs and their boards used to be straightforward, or so it seemed. During my years of service on corporate boards, if I heard the comment,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

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