Board Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

phrase that has been defined as a "state of rational apprehension that does not result in appropriate action." In her brilliant study of the disastrous decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, sociologist Diane Vaughan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

June 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Say on Pay

By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan and Alexis Chernak

Briefly describes the trend in 2006 and 2007 in the United States to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation. Highlights a few examples where shareholders have successfully garnered a majority in support of an advisory vote measure on company proxy... View Details

Keywords: Voting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States

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31 Oct 2006
HBS Case

Governing Sumida Corporation

examines how CEO Shigeyuki ("Shiggi") Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired "committee system" for its board of directors, the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

School researchers: Disregarding advice from colleagues could invite harsh backlash that just might damage valued workplace relationships, according to the recent paper Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice, published in Organizational Behavior and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2005
News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

in 1979, had a budget of only $2 million, and many of Barry's peers questioned her decision to leave one of the world's most prestigious institutions to join a much smaller player in the global economy. "On day one I had to order my own... View Details

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

between the startup's value and the founder's ability to retain control of decision making. I develop hypotheses about this tradeoff and test the hypotheses on a unique dataset of 6,130 American startups. I find that startups in which the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2005
Teaching Note

Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal (TN)

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Teaching Note to (9-404-116). View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Arts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Design; Organizational Culture; Voting; Integration; Human Capital; Music Industry

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02 May 2005
What Do You Think?

Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?

This brings us full cycle to some of our original questions about consumer generated marketing. Is it really something "new under the sun"? Is it, for marketers, a disruptive technology in its own right, something offering View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

difference in the world. We also checked in with recent grad Lior Litwak (MBA 2015) about his HBS experience and his decision to be an admissions ambassador when he was a student. Lior was home in Israel this summer (and participated in... View Details

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

to grow this advertising model in ways that have exceeded anyone's expectation. And just think about it, there are 7.5 billion people on the planet and a third of them [have used]on Facebook? I mean, wow, this is crazy. Kenny: What were some of the pivotal View Details

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

multinational firms requires a similar fortitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-107.pdf Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Abstract We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance at the World Bank.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

last decade. It was founded by an entrepreneur who, as he was approaching age 65, was starting to do some life and estate planning. After poking around to find the successor and the next board and CEO, he chose Granite Equity over... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

conditions. One of the key assumptions underlying this proposition is that financing and investment decisions are separable and independent. When this assumption holds, various financing decisions such as... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You

consumers upfront to avoid making bad decisions that incite criticism. I prefer a more collaborative, co-creative approach with consumers—understanding how they are likely to respond to key branding changes before they are made, rather... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

in governance. In spite of all the checks and balances, failures occurred with boards of directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

14 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use decision-making authority in the granting and structuring of consumer loans than those who are not. Conditional on using decision-making authority, their decisions are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

more than the average worker in US companies), in executive hiring, or in their organization’s adjustments to health or financial crises. Instead, especially in nonunionized workplaces, control over these decisions is concentrated in the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman