Corporate Boards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
News

Once a Fulbright…

dream come true for a young girl who learned early to listen to my instincts — to pursue the seemingly impossible.” Active on several boards and a frequent speaker on corporate governance, Owades, who also... View Details

Keywords: awards; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

Study sheds light on the influence of alumni in three distinct areas: entrepreneurship, board service, and volunteerism. “Not surprisingly,” Lerner observes, “entrepreneurship among HBS alumni is particularly impressive.” More than half... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

CEO Compensation Troubles

Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the... View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Feb 2001
News

The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

track its effectiveness and set benchmarks for improvement. "Nonprofits are so important in our society," she said. "They fulfill essential purposes. But they lack the market mechanisms of corporations where, if a View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Media Club, the Black Investment Club, and the African American Student Union; he is a two-time recipient of the Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. McGee has extensive corporate and nonprofit View Details

01 Apr 2022
News

Nancy Lane Remembered

Her obituary in the New York Times notes that Lane was “one of the rare Black women in the 1970s to rise in the corporate ranks, notably at Chase Manhattan and Johnson & Johnson.” Her work in the arts featured important foundational work... View Details

09 Oct 2017
News

Saving an American Publishing Icon

would do research on any topic for any individual. Turns out, the thing that was more in demand was best-practices research. And that company became the Corporate Executive Board and the Advisory View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission itself were in turmoil. A wave of View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

Financial and Accounting Standards Board, new New York Stock Exchange rulings regarding board composition and other matters, and a Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Coca-Cola Company: The Quaker Oats Acquisition (A), The

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Sonya Sanchez

Discusses how CEOs should think about bringing strategic issues to the board, what issues to bring, how to position them, and which information to provide. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Corporate Governance; Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions; Food and Beverage Industry

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Find at Harvard

Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, leading the firm’s investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled enterprise software as a service (SaaS), cloud, Information Technology (IT) software, and vertical markets. Rudina has led... View Details

Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

01 Jan 2005
News

Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

whom you hire and whom you fire—and when. It will be crucial whether you are an entrepreneur, corporate executive, investment banker, or consultant." CURRENT READING Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner When Judy... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Faculty Retirements

Samuel Hayes and Hugo Uyterhoeven, two longtime HBS faculty members, retired in June. Summaries of their distinguished careers follow. Samuel L. Hayes, III, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. An expert on capital... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

Boards of Directors of Small Corporations, the first of many books and articles he would write on corporate governance. His research on boards of directors -- he served on many... View Details

17 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Thinking of Joining a Board? Christiana Smith Shi (MBA 1986) Shares Her Experience

events, travel when and where I want, and smell a few roses along the way. I highly recommend it! To learn more about Christiana's insights into serving on a corporate board, view her presentation, Corporate... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Tap into Valuable Alumni Resources

informal surveys conducted by an Alumni Board committee, most alumni are not aware of the School’s many offerings. A classic marketing conundrum? Yes! While the School works on sharpening the message of what’s available and how to access... View Details

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

25 Jul 2018
News

HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

for senior executives when his son was a second-year MBA student. Spangler also chaired the Bank of North Carolina during the 1980s, playing a key role in its merger with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation (now Bank of America),... View Details

24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

strategic guidelines to shape strategies at lower levels of the organization. Board and shareholder alignment: The corporation's board of directors reviews, approves, and monitors the View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

many corporate boards are not willing to do the work," suggesting that unless this is made grounds for dismissal, directors are not likely to apply themselves to the task. Edward Hare added that... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

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