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  • September–October 2024
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Boards Need a New Approach to Technology

By: Tarun Khanna, Mary C. Beckerle and Nabil Y. Sakkab
The boards of too many publicly traded companies are downright timid when considering matters involving science and technology. More often than not, they focus on security and digitization—a defensive posture that fails to consider the bigger opportunities emerging... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Opportunities; Technology Adoption
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Khanna, Tarun, Mary C. Beckerle, and Nabil Y. Sakkab. "Boards Need a New Approach to Technology." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 5 (September–October 2024): 128–137.
  • 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.
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2018
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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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OnBoard The Board Chair – Executive Director Relationship

  • February 1996
  • Case

Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. The CEO of Eastman, Earnest Deavenport did not want the new company's board any members of the Kodak board to include, so he initiated a deliberate and thorough process to build an entirely new board that he hoped would... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Chemical Industry
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch." Harvard Business School Case 496-043, February 1996.
  • 26 Oct 2011
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Boards are Key to Fixing the System

  • 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).
  • 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.)
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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
  • 12 Jul 2022
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International Foundation for Valuing Impacts Holds Inaugural Board Meeting

  • 28 Feb 2023
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The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

  • 01 Feb 1999
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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
  • 07 Sep 2012
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What Every Nonprofit Board Needs to Know

  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Cooper Elected Alumni Board President

Peter J. Cooper (MBA ’75) is the new president of the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. President and CEO of Scienta Health Inc., in Toronto, Cooper is the first international president of the Alumni View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
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Board Independence and the Design of Executive Compensation

In this project, I analyze the compensation decisions of boards of directors. Compensation decisions not only serve to motivate executives, but also affect a board's reputation for independence. Although greater managerial influence over the board has the obvious... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
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Breyer Elected to Harvard Board

Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm with offices... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 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
  • October 2018
  • Supplement

Zenefits Board of Directors (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-035, October 2018.
  • Feb 22 2017
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Learning How Board Members Think

  • October 2018
  • Supplement

Zenefits Board of Directors (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-036, October 2018.
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