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- 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,... View Details
- Career Coach
Betsy Edwards
organization based in Boston. Her board work is focused on strategic planning, board governance and fundraising. Work Experience: Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Houghton Steps Down
James R. Houghton (MBA ’62), the longest-serving member of the Harvard Corporation and chair of the University’s 2006–07 presidential search, will step down at the end of this academic year. Houghton, chairman emeritus of Corning Inc.,... View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
along with board governance classes that are open to all. We don’t like to do things a little bit. We weren’t doing this before, and now we’re seriously doing this.” So, how... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Milestone for HBS Alumna
member of the HAA board since 1995. Alvarez-Bjelland emigrated with her family from Cuba to Miami in 1962 and has lived for the past 25 years in Norway, home to her husband, Christian Bjelland (MBA ’78). She... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
Franklin and her cohorts proved extremely successful. In 1972, a year after her arrival, the number of women in policymaking positions had increased from 36 to 105. More than 1,000 women were placed in midlevel positions View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
After a long summer break, it was great to get together with the Alumni Board on campus in mid-October and to welcome twelve new members. Before I highlight the important committee work ahead, let me first... View Details
- 21 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion
for those initial career coaching sessions with Rich, I had no idea that our initial meetings would expand into what is now, three years later, a valuable partnership. Rich sits on Auditory Insight’s advisory View Details
- Apr 03 2018
- Testimonial
Immersing Yourself in the Student Experience
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
Once upon a time, there were two kinds of businesses. On the one hand, there were public and privately owned companies such as those that existed in Western-style democracies, which had boards of directors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
improving boards' performance is not government action but action on the part of each board. To improve board effectiveness, each board should achieve clarity about its role in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 2006
- Chapter
Interlocking Directorates
By: Mark Mizruchi and Christopher Marquis
Mizruchi, Mark, and Christopher Marquis. "Interlocking Directorates." In International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, edited by Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski, 375–377. London: Routledge, 2006.
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
University Elections
May 31. Results of the elections will be announced on Commencement Day, June 6. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard’s two governing boards, the other being the President View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
understand the impact of illiteracy on our community.” Alumni support the organization as board members, volunteers, and literacy tutors. “We are very proud of how the club has evolved to serve an important... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War
calculation follows. What are the hidden economic costs, such as future medical and psychological services for veterans? The number that Stiglitz, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Bilmes, a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Second, there’s a flaw in getting information from management, or maybe management doesn’t understand what’s going on. As a consequence, if management doesn’t understand, the board doesn’t understand. Rakesh Khurana teaches The View Details
- Mar 03 2017
- Testimonial
Learning to lead Change through the Boardroom
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
signals accordingly. At that very moment in 1998, the IMF Executive Board and Interim Committee were considering codifying the norm for all 184 members, as had the EU and OECD... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- November 2007
- Case
Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (Abridged)
By: Noam T. Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a Founder-CEO regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. The abridged version does not include the introduction and final sections of the full case... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology
Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 808-089, November 2007.
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
From a course comes a movement. When the first Women on Boards (WOB) Executive Education program wrapped up in 2016, the cohort of 67 women from 17 countries, who had studied with HBS faculty how boards... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken