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- 10 Sep 2009
- News
Perspectives from the Boardroom
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business career, she says. A partner at... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
50 Years After King
the most influential women in business. Beyond her leadership at Young & Rubicam, she led a $5 billion division of Kraft Foods. Today, in addition to extensive board work, Fudge is a dedicated philanthropist, with a focus on education and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
than none at all. “When you set high expectations for voters, you’ve got to make sure you deliver on them. If you want democracy to work well, you need both the winners and the losers to be on board and accept the results.” “The Perils of... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
During the bull market of the 1990s, stock grants and options formed increasingly large components of executive compensation. Now, however, with many options "underwater" as share values have declined well below the strike price, boards... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
top-notch board of directors who bring management and strategy expertise to the organization. Getting this group together, he says, is very rewarding. “We meet and brainstorm, and then we take trips to see if what we think jibes with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
serve on the board of the NASD, and in 2001 he became chairman and CEO. Despite his inexperience in running a private-public enterprise, Glauber excelled, and earned high praise upon his 2006 departure from NASD (now FINRA) for “leaving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
found a niche: It turned to Wall Street and private equity for capital while establishing its own talent relationships and keeping creative control over MRC-produced content. Asked about his philosophy of dealmaking, Wiczyk replied, “Do what’s original. Don’t worry... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
relationship management or ‘customer loyalty' execution," observes Brierley. A board member of numerous organizations, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, KERA-TV, The Dallas Opera, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing women to the boardroom table
Placing female candidates on boards of public and private companies is Beth A. Stewart’s mission as CEO of Trewstar. The search firm addresses the inequity of board representation—only 16 percent of Fortune... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees 1997 Publishes Bloomberg by Bloomberg 2001 Elected Mayor of New York City 2012 Launches Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Returns to Bloomberg LP as CEO 2017 Coauthors Climate of Hope Founder,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
and mostly overlooked by outsiders. Gilbane is just one of several HBS alumni working with other Houstonians to expand and improve the treasured parks, which they see as key to the continued growth of Houston’s booming business economy. Gilbane is on the View Details
- 12 Oct 2010
- News
Banker to the World
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
father of two daughters educated in North Carolina public schools, Spangler has long been interested and involved in the state's educational system. He first took an active role in education as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Faculty Retirements
Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For twelve years, he was chairman of the Finance Advisory Board of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He now serves on the boards of Swarthmore... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
retirement as chair of the SEI Advisory Board last January, Whitehead, who will stay on as chair emeritus, noted, “I am very proud of what the School has accomplished with the Social Enterprise Initiative. The progress we have made, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
Desmond Wong A loyal HBS alumnus who says he “truly bleeds Harvard crimson,” Wong has played a leading role in every '77 reunion since graduation. He has served on the HBS Alumni Association Board and the graduate schools committee and... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
game board coated with a ‘retroreflective’ surface reflects those images directly back to your glasses and into your eyes, no matter where you are sitting or standing. This creates a 3D, stereoscopic hologram on the board; it is the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Dance Dance Revelation
world premiere without a dress rehearsal: In ballet, a dress rehearsal full of mistakes and mishaps paves the way for a stellar performance. How often do we, as business leaders, repeat presentations with our teams before we unveil them to a prospective client, an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele