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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the... View Details
  • Jan 29 2024
  • Testimonial

Driving Positive Change on Corporate Boards

  • 29 Jul 2014
  • News

Should a Female Director Tone It Down?

Keywords: corporate governance; women in business
  • November 29, 2011
  • Article

The Role of The Board in Creating a Sustainable Strategy

By: Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
While conceptually elegant, the belief that a corporation's role is to maximize value for shareholders is under increasing challenge as society's expectations for companies change. An equally elegant new concept that takes account of these dual pressures has yet to... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Expectations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost vs Benefits; Information
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  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Francisco conference as well as other Board-sponsored activities. The HBSAA Board of Directors is committed to representing the alumni... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

very grateful. As you know, the Alumni Board of Directors works hard to ensure that the quality of your experience as an HBS graduate doesn't... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

    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
    • 04 Sep 2012
    • News

    P&G Directors Face Own Challenges While Keeping Tabs on McDonald

    • 29 May 2013
    • News

    Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an "F"

    • July 2015 (Revised March 2021)
    • Case

    Proxy Contest at DuPont

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague
    On January 9, 2015, Nelson Peltz of Trian Fund Management launched a proxy fight for four out of the twelve seats on the DuPont board. The fund had previously published a public letter addressed to shareholders outlining its proposal to break the company into three... View Details
    Keywords: Board Of Directors; Hedge Fund; Activist Investing; Activist Investors; Proxy Fight; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry; United States
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    Making Corporate Boards More Effective

    Summary Faced with increasingly complex oversight challenges and demands for greater transparency, how can today's boards do more for their companies? In this board of View Details
    • 01 Apr 1999
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    nominees to the 1999-2000 Board is well under way, you are welcome to "throw your hat in the ring" or recommend someone for the following year by contacting Christine Fairchild, director View Details
    • 01 Oct 1997
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    Fall at HBS means many things to many people - for the incoming MBA Class of 1999 it means a certain level of discomfort as they take on a seemingly unmanageable case load and find themselves at the... View Details
    • 01 Oct 1999
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    find new and important ways to add value for our alumni constituency. The Alumni Association Board of Directors meets three times a year on campus, as well as at each annual... View Details
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    Board members & executives

    How can I construct a list of executives or company board of directors members? BoardEx: screen by company name, individual, committee, gender,... View Details
    • 01 Oct 2000
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    As you read this, the HBS campus will again be bustling with students as well as with alumni returning for fall reunions. During the summer break, the Board of Directors... View Details
    • July 2016
    • Case

    'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

    By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal
    In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry
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    • 01 Jun 1997
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    the connectedness of alumni to the School and to each other. While the HBS alumni network is very good when utilized, our Board of Directors has... View Details
    • 03 Jan 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

    role in selecting new board members. There was an implicit presumption of trust among the CEO and board members. At least a limited kind of... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 01 Apr 2000
    • News

    HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

    The HBSAA Board of Directors has been hard at work this year, and I am delighted to report progress on a number of... View Details
    Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)