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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Prejudice and Bias
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Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14232, August 2008.
  • 26 Oct 2011
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Boards are Key to Fixing the System

  • summer 1994
  • Article

Boards Need Better Information

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Governance; Information
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Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Boards Need Better Information." Directors & Boards 18, no. 4 (summer 1994): 31–33.
  • March 1980 (Revised May 1980)
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Management Succession and Board Membership

By: Richard G. Hamermesh
Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards
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Hamermesh, Richard G. "Management Succession and Board Membership." Harvard Business School Case 380-132, March 1980. (Revised May 1980.)
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2018
  • Webinars: Career

Corporate Board Service: the What, Why, & How

Gain insight on boards from an experienced executive and corporate director. During this webinar, Christiana will share her thoughts on recruiting, joining, and serving effectively on boards, as well as practical advice on how to take the first steps. This webinar is... View Details
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Diversity on Boards - Alumni

Careers Diversity on Boards Careers Diversity on Boards Back to Diversity on Boards Featured Content HBS Women on Boards Library: A curated... View Details
  • August 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
Provides a history of the board of directors of the Coca-Cola Co. through 2003. Describes the evolution in the board's membership, practices, and structure and the role it played in the company's governance. Questions are raised about the relationship between the board... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Food and Beverage Industry
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Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 404-039, August 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
  • 28 Feb 2023
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The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

The final in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1994, New York native Thomas G. Mendell (MBA '74) has been a partner in the principal investments area at The Beacon Group, LLC, in New... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2022
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International Foundation for Valuing Impacts Holds Inaugural Board Meeting

  • Feb 22 2017
  • Testimonial

Learning How Board Members Think

  • September–October 2012
  • Article

Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards

By: Robert C. Pozen
A decade of business scandals and regulatory reforms find corporate America... facing fresh scandals and calls for more reforms. Robert Pozen, former chair of MFS Investment, noted director, and Harvard Business School faculty member, wonders if we have been fixing the... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Change; United States
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Pozen, Robert C. "Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards." Corporate Board (September–October 2012).
  • October 2023
  • Supplement

McDonald's Board of Directors (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
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Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-046, October 2023.
  • October 2023
  • Supplement

McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
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Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-045, October 2023.
  • December 5, 2010
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The Case for Professional Boards

By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Governance
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Pozen, Robert C. "The Case for Professional Boards." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (December 5, 2010).
  • 19 Nov 2013
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More Boards Recruit Former CEOs

  • 28 Mar 2017
  • Video

Spring 2017 Alumni Board Meeting

    Case: The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

    In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge... View Details
    • 01 Dec 1998
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    New HBS Alumni Board Members

    The second in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1987, H. Perry Driggs, Jr. (MBA '61), has been president of Great Lakes Capital Corporation in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He serves as a... View Details
    • 01 Oct 1998
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    New HBS Alumni Board Members

    Toronto in 1979. Davies, who now lives in New York City with her husband and two teenage daughters, serves on the boards of the Public Education Association and Arts Connection. A native of Mexico, Alfredo ("Tito") Elias, Jr. (MBA '75),... View Details
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