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- March 2023
- Case
FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Fonstad
The board of FinTunes, Inc., a start-up aimed at helping musicians distribute their work and manage their finances, must decide among three candidates to serve as the company’s first independent director. The terms of FinTunes’ last round of financing provided that the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Fonstad. "FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors." Harvard Business School Case 323-071, March 2023.
- Research Summary
Dissertation: Speaking Up on Boards
My dissertation examines individual and group behavior in corporate boards of directors. I focus on individual traits and group traits that can foster or inhibit the act of speaking up when an individuals views go against the general consensus in the room. Research and... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Structure of Board Committees
Keywords: by Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu
- December 2010
- Article
The Case for Professional Boards
By: Robert C. Pozen
When the world's largest financial institutions had to be rescued from insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Failure; Accounting Audits; Quality; Behavior; Legal Liability; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; United States
Pozen, Robert C. "The Case for Professional Boards." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- 2006
- Other Article
MBA on Board
By: Nien-he Hsieh and Sadaf Kazmi
Hsieh, Nien-he, and Sadaf Kazmi. "MBA on Board." BizEd 5, no. 6 (September/October 2006): 36–40.
- January–February 1995
- Article
Empowering the Board
By: J. W. Lorsch
Keywords: Governance
Lorsch, J. W. "Empowering the Board." Harvard Business Review 73, no. 1 (January–February 1995).
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
As more and more corporate executives have been paraded on perp walks these last few years, a question has repeatedly been raised: Where was the board? After all, isn't it the board's responsibility to make sure the fox isn't hired to run the hen house? Doesn't the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards
- Teaching Interest
Making Corporate Boards More Effective
By: Suraj Srinivasan
While a corporate board may have broadly defined legal duties, its role in evaluating management, providing strategic oversight, and dealing with the complexity of today's regulatory environment has never been more tested—or more critically dependent on effective... View Details
- January 2013 (Revised July 2014)
- Supplement
Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (B)
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
This follow up to Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards provides a one-page description of the new boards that were created at Telecom and Chorus. View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 413-081, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
- September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Board of Directors of Medtronic, Inc.
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
The board of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman and CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had experienced rapid growth in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Organizational Culture
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "Board of Directors of Medtronic, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 407-045, September 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- May–June 2015
- Article
Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards
By: Edward Ludwig, Elise Walton and Michael Beer
The authors opine that ambitious chief executives (CEOs) of corporations need corporate boards which are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Performance; Corporate Governance; Management Teams
Ludwig, Edward, Elise Walton, and Michael Beer. "Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards." NACD Directorship 41, no. 3 (May–June 2015): 56–59.
- February 2014
- Teaching Plan
Pixability: Bettina's Board Walk
By: Noam Wasserman and Yael Braid
[Teaching Plan for 814-021.] View Details
Wasserman, Noam, and Yael Braid. "Pixability: Bettina's Board Walk." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 814-075, February 2014.
- June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
Palepu, Krishna G., and Emer Moloney. "Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO." Harvard Business School Case 123-082, June 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- October 2018
- Case
Zenefits Board of Directors (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words “benefits,”... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-034, October 2018.
- summer 1994
- Article
Boards Need Better Information
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Boards Need Better Information." Directors & Boards 18, no. 4 (summer 1994): 31–33.
- December 2013
- Article
How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
By: Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang
The well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We analyze the causal question using a natural experiment... View Details
Keywords: Staggered Board; Takeover Defense; Antitakeover Provision; Proxy Fight; Tobin's; Firm Value; Agency Cost; Delaware; Chancery Court; Airgas; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance
Cohen, Alma, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 3 (December 2013): 627–641.
- May 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
By: Julie Battilana and Michael Norris
In 2014, as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has just brought former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on as chairman of the board, Jean Rogers, founder and CEO struggles with how best to ensure the nonprofit's financial sustainability while... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Accounting; Accounting Industry; United States
Battilana, Julie, and Michael Norris. "The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board." Harvard Business School Case 414-078, May 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Limits to Board Effectiveness
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
- February 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Board of Directors: Membership
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
Lorsch, Jay W. "Board of Directors: Membership." Harvard Business School Case 491-081, February 1991. (Revised March 1995.)