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  • 08 May 2017
  • News

Boards Neglect Cybersecurity at Their Companies’ Peril

    Case: Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)

    Aptiv's board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company's efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv's self-driving technologies... View Details
    • 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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    • August 2003 (Revised January 2004)
    • Case

    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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    • 13 Aug 2013
    • News

    Bill Ackman Resigns From J.C. Penney Board

    • 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
    • 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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    • September–October 2024
    • Article

    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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    • 12 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

    Editor's note: For those of who have attended meetings of both nonprofit and for-profit boards, the differences between the two organizations couldn't be clearer. Nonprofit boards meetings tend to be longer, less tightly organized, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Video

    OnBoard The Board Chair – Executive Director Relationship

    • 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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    • 12 Jul 2022
    • News

    International Foundation for Valuing Impacts Holds Inaugural Board Meeting

    • 26 Oct 2011
    • News

    Boards are Key to Fixing the System

    • March 1980 (Revised May 1980)
    • Case

    Management Succession and Board Membership

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh
    Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • Web

    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
    • 07 Sep 2012
    • News

    What Every Nonprofit Board Needs to Know

    • 01 Dec 1998
    • News

    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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    • 28 Feb 2023
    • News

    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