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- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
accountable for the resulting weak talent pool. In A.T. Kearney's 2004 survey on the effectiveness of corporate governance, participating board directors universally acknowledged the importance of leadership... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
Celsius?" A number of practitioners reported that progress could and was being made in their sectors, despite the challenges. Many are focusing energy on addressing short-term biases in capital markets and in the ability of investors to guide and prompt View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
of time and lack of knowledge. Their solution? Elevate board service to a profession by creating a nonprofit, public-private Corporate Governance College (CGC) to employ, train, and coordinate the placement... View Details
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Henri A. Termeer Papers | Baker Library
collection include correspondence, board meeting records, news clippings, articles, analyst reports, research reports, corporate reports, and promotional material. Henri A. Termeer Papers guide Have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
of value investing? Jay Lorsch: Getting Boards Up to Speed Under the present system of corporate boards, independent part-time directors are not sufficiently familiar with the business — they have to be... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
The cult of the CEO is complex and persistent—and usually not good for business, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Khurana recently fielded questions from HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace in an e-mail interview about his new book, Searching for a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
Benjamin Ha
million. During his investment career, he has served as investor board member over ten corporate boards and has experienced over ten portfolio companies successfully going... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
Editor's note: The credit crisis and subsequent recession has thrown many financial and business institutions into, if not chaos, then at least a sense that the landscape underneath has shifted significantly. One institution undergoing such self-review is the View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- Career Coach
Tricia Peralta
Tricia has always been passionate about healthcare, social impact, and strategy, and has explored career paths including corporate strategy, management consulting, project management across private, public, and social sectors.... View Details
- April 1990
- Case
Gillette vs. Coniston: Communications in a Proxy Fight
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Communication; Governing and Advisory Boards
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Gillette vs. Coniston: Communications in a Proxy Fight." Harvard Business School Case 590-066, April 1990.
- June 1989 (Revised July 1989)
- Case
Coniston vs. Gillette: Communications in a Proxy Fight
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Communication; Governing and Advisory Boards
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Coniston vs. Gillette: Communications in a Proxy Fight." Harvard Business School Case 589-110, June 1989. (Revised July 1989.)
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Inside Executive Search
How do executive search firms work? It’s well known that most senior management, CEO, and board positions are filled by these organizations, but given the confidential nature of their work, they often conduct their business with utmost... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the first African American to serve on the Board. He also sat on the boards of leading corporations in America, the Harvard Board of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
Our Choices. Lorsch, who began his work as a doctoral student under the guidance of Lawrence, explained how his research had led him to think about the connection between corporate boards and organization... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
crash coincided with a decline in WDC profits, and its board was consistently ranked as one of the worst in corporate America. In December 2003, nearly twenty years after lobbying to hire Eisner, Gold and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
corporate headquarters’ role in setting, coordinating, and overseeing organizational strategy. The book’s case studies, frameworks, and sample scorecards show how to align business and support units, boards... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
effective relationships with boards of directors. In addition to Porter, other HBS faculty members teaching in those sessions included Professor Jay W. Lorsch, a leading expert on corporate governance and... View Details
Keywords: Jon Prestage
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
that board members of the best-performing companies frequently owned substantial amounts of stock in the firms they oversaw. In 1995, he chaired the Blue Ribbon Commission of the National Association of View Details
- Career Coach
Erika Osterling
services across different businesses and geographies, leading to a global P&L role. In her most recent role as Executive Director at Russell Reynolds, she advised CEO, C-Suite leaders and board of directors of public and private... View Details
- Career Coach
Austin Boral
government agencies recruit and hire talent. As a foundation board member, Austin can provide valuable advice about leading, advising, and fundraising for non-profits outside of full-time work and/or school. To book an appointment, please... View Details