Board Director - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez

Provides a history of the board of directors of the Coca-Cola Co. through 2003. Describes the evolution in the board's membership, practices, and structure and the role it played in the company's governance. Questions are raised about the relationship between the board... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Food and Beverage Industry

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28 Feb 2023
News

The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

October 2023
Supplement

McDonald's Board of Directors (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

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October 2023
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McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

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October 2023
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McDonald’s Board of Directors (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

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2020
Working Paper

Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations

By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan

Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Effectiveness; Perception

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01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

Fischer I am happy to report that the HBSAA Board of Directors is off to another great start. This dynamic group of more than forty alumni — including class secretaries, club presidents, and other devoted... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Why Boards Aren't Dealing with Cyberthreats

By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Boris Groysberg

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Cybersecurity; Corporate Governance; AI and Machine Learning

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January 2021
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Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

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October 2012 (Revised February 2013)
Case

Jim Johnson's Re-election to the Goldman Sachs Board

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Kelly Baker

The case presents the opposition by a leading institutional investor in Goldman Sachs to the re-election of Jim Johnson to the board of directors of the company. The investor, Sequoia Fund, opposes the re-election citing Jim Johnson's prior track record as the CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Director Elections; Goldman Sachs; Reputation; Institutional Investing; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Accountability; Banking Industry; New York (city, NY)

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31 Oct 2013
News

What Board Directors Really Do in Their Free Time

16 Feb 2016
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The Political Issues Board Directors Care Most About

October 2005
Article

Information Technology and the Board of Directors

By: Richard Nolan and F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Information Technology; Governance

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4 Apr 2013
Panel Discussion

Getting onto Corporate Boards

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Women Executives; Corporate Culture; Boards Of Directors; Leadership Skills; Gender; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Organizational Culture

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September 2015 (Revised February 2016)
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Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack

By: Richard L. Nolan

No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in... View Details

Keywords: Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making

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June 2005 (Revised January 2007)
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The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson

Examines the resignation of Philip Purcell as chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley as a result of poor performance and cultural problems, as well as his relationship to the board of directors. View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Resignation and Termination; Performance; Rank and Position

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26 Jun 2012
News

Facebook Adds COO Sandberg to Board as First Female Director

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

capital. These rights are free from the burdens of ownership. Shareholders thus become temporary, while the corporation is permanent—controlled not by shareholders, but by the board of directors. Under a legal doctrine known as the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

three on their list of concerns. That’s the surprising finding in a new survey of boards of directors conducted by Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg and doctoral student Yo-Jud Cheng. “The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding