The Boardroom - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

Recent studies have found that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom can enhance dialogue, curb excessive risk-taking, and boost both performance and share price. And yet, women still hold only about... View Details

11 Sep 2019
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Research: Changing Your Mind Makes You Seem Intelligent

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

Thermo Electron. Jensen notes that the course's content is applicable "everywhere," from the boardroom to the lunchroom. He takes pride that CCMO... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk William K.L. Fung (MBA 1972): E-Commerce and... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

14 Oct 2013
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Nothing to fear

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

thought we could use our voices to talk, not just about women in the boardrooms and as leaders, but women as a whole,” says Stark. “Because if we don’t help women as a whole, none of us are moving forward.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Mar 2015
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Corporate Governance 2.0

06 Sep 2016
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The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

on the topic, corporate boardrooms are stuck. The first challenge to adding women to boards is that there are just not enough open board seats to fill and View Details

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

the process of moving forward. At SpaceX that’s part of their culture. We think the critical thing here is that strategy shouldn’t be left to boardrooms and that we need to... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Years later, I see patterns from this case discussion play out in conference rooms and boardrooms over and over again. I can almost predict the way the dialogue will go as each... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation

Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

didn’t exist before.” Growing basketball on the continent entails addressing the logistics and marketing challenges inherent in trying to scale any operation across 54 countries. It also poses a deep... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next

practices. "There is a boardroom conversation," she says, when asked about her internal lobbying efforts. "But, you know, I've learned that everything doesn't happen in the boardroom." View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

01 Sep 2005
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Trouble in Mouse Land

for Eisner’s reelection to the board. “I was looking for a case about executive compensation and corporate governance,” says Beaulieu, who teaches the elective Coordination, Control, and Management of... View Details

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

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni Are Integral to HBS

haven’t had for years,” he says, “which is why I’m looking forward to doing it again!” The Boardroom MBA students and alumni during a session of The Boardroom. View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Distinct Yet of a Piece

Their office locations range from the summit of a skyscraper in Boston to the front seat of a pickup truck in Oklahoma. Their workdays may be dedicated to helping build companies or to helping save lives.... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards

anyone. Most of the top executives didn’t understand the risks they were taking, so can you imagine a septuagenarian sitting in the boardroom... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

Clubs News Clubs News Setting the Stage for a Latinx Boardroom Push The Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA), in partnership with View Details