Director Elections - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

“Allowing owners to have more power and influence in corporate board elections seems to be valuable.” In August 2010, the US Securities and Exchange Commission passed Rule 14a-11, also known as the shareholder proxy access rule, which... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

Two cadavers are better than one in this regard, so Anteby was encouraged when several donation program directors mentioned the co-donation phenomenon among married couples. "They said that sometimes they had spouses who would donate... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

because they believe that the chairman is trying to control the whole show, and so they feel left out. Going back 20 or 25 years, some of us came up with an alternative idea, the creation of a lead or presiding director. With that model, the independent View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

on the books of a company, Zulu Inc., being considered for acquisition. It comes to the attention of the acquirer that for some years Zulu has employed the same accounting firm. Directors at Acme, concerned about having their accountant... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

Reinhardt, with Senior Researcher James Weber and Agribusiness Program Director Mary Shelman (HBS MBA '87), examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

“Heroes List” of authentic leaders who are making a difference in overcoming the challenges of COVID-19: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been at the center of every virus... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

labor. One day in 1954, he was assigned to interview James P. Mitchell, President Eisenhower's secretary of labor. Mitchell was so impressed that he asked the young journalist to join him in Washington. Lodge accepted and soon became the Labor Department's View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Rhetoric and Independence Are Not Enough: Empowering Managers and Directors to Do What Is Right, you challenge the adequacy of the Business Roundtable's assertion that the selection of a well-qualified and ethical CEO is the most... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women on boards from an individual, an organizational, and a country level. This year, Groysberg... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (HBS MBA '76), executive director of the School's Latin America Research Center (LARC). Herrero responded promptly, and with the assistance of LARC senior researcher Ricardo Reisen de Pinho (HBS PMD 74,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

20 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

Getting a seat at the table often makes all the difference in the world. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that this idea holds true literally at the World Bank, where the 24 countries serving on the Board of Executive View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

ebnem Kalemli-Özcan, professor at the University of Maryland; Luc Laeven, director at the European Central Bank Research Department; and Karsten Müller, assistant professor at the National University of Singapore. Data ‘unprecedented in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

one of the three most important issues facing managers and directors in 2006. He commented that, "Activist shareholders, led by hedge funds which today have aggregate assets of more than one trillion dollars and armed with the threat... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

The Indian economy has been teetering on the brink for the past few months. The most manifest of these problems has been the crash of the Indian rupee, which has shown a decline of approximately 20 percent against the US dollar in a short period of time. Tarun Khanna,... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

Question the Right Way," is available for download [PDF]. Todd Rogers, now Executive Director of the Analyst Institute, explained more. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences got you interested in studying conversational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

from shareholders than directors in a benchmark sample. They are also more likely than other independent directors to leave sued firms. Overall, shareholders use litigation along with View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

large. Of particular interest to business leaders are a number of case studies of successful BOP business models. The co-editors are all associated with HBS: V. Kasturi (Kash) Rangan and John Quelch are faculty, Gustavo Herrero is executive View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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