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- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
Ask board members their most important duty, and they will likely say it is appointing and overseeing the CEO. Yet many boards fail to make appropriate choices, often because they don’t prepare candidates... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Board Games: Timing of Independent Directors’ Dissent in China
Keywords: by Juan Ma & Tarun Khanna
- October 2003
- Article
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
- July–August 1996
- Article
The Board As a Change Agent
By: J. W. Lorsch
Lorsch, J. W. "The Board As a Change Agent." Corporate Board (July–August 1996).
- June 2014 (Revised November 2020)
- Background Note
Board of Directors: An Introductory Note
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Selina Jan and Kyle Thomas
Wang, Charles C.Y., Selina Jan, and Kyle Thomas. "Board of Directors: An Introductory Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 114-096, June 2014. (Revised November 2020.)
- August 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Supplement
Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board
By: Noam Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing development work. View Details
Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-022, August 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- December 30, 2010
- Article
A New Model for Corporate Boards
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "A New Model for Corporate Boards." Wall Street Journal (December 30, 2010).
- Article
A Visit to Board 'Central Casting'
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Colin B. Carter
Lorsch, Jay W., and Colin B. Carter. "A Visit to Board 'Central Casting'." Directors & Boards 28, no. 1 (Fall 2003): 25–30.
- 2009
- Chapter
Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards." Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board. 1st ed. Edited by Jay A. Conger, 25–50. Jossey-Bass, 2009.
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
Open the Wall Street Journal on any given day, and you are likely to find at least one story about how technology is disrupting yet another industry, and the pressures companies face to innovate. And yet, for board members of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
Summing Up "It is pretty clear to me to whom the board is accountable: the shareholders."—J. W. Penland "When the board deviates from long- and short-term shareholder interests as it has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- October 1984
- Case
NIKE (E2): Board Taps New Members
Christensen, C. Roland, and David C. Rikert. "NIKE (E2): Board Taps New Members." Harvard Business School Case 385-035, October 1984.
- January 2021
- Supplement
Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 321-051, January 2021.
- June 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Examines the resignation of Philip Purcell as chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley as a result of poor performance and cultural problems, as well as his relationship to the board of directors. View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Resignation and Termination; Performance; Rank and Position
Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-105, June 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- June 7, 2016
- Blog Post
The Value-Decreasing Effect of Staggered Boards
By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Cohen, Alma, and Charles CY Wang. "The Value-Decreasing Effect of Staggered Boards." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 7, 2016). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2016/06/07/the-value-decreasing-effect-of-staggered-boards/.
- Blog Post
Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value
By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Cohen, Alma, and Charles CY Wang. "Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (December 13, 2017). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/12/13/reexamining-staggered-boards-and-shareholder-value/.
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals
- September 2015 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack
By: Richard L. Nolan
No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in... View Details
Nolan, Richard L. "Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-405, September 2015. (Revised February 2016.)
- April 2003 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Harold Morton and the Rivendell Board (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Ingrid Vargas
Describes the thoughts of a new trustee prior to his first trustees meeting. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Ingrid Vargas. "Harold Morton and the Rivendell Board (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-114, April 2003. (Revised September 2003.)