Governing and Advisory Boards - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

professor Tom Eisenmann, who also serves on the board of OneMain.com, one of the nation's ten largest Internet service providers, and on the advisory View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

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Patrick Chun

by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick,... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Faculty Books

corporate headquarters’ role in setting, coordinating, and overseeing organizational strategy. The book’s case studies, frameworks, and sample scorecards show how to align business View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Government & the International Economy Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 David G. Fubini Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills Organizational Behavior, Strategy Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 ^ back... View Details

07 Oct 2021
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Bringing Light to the Fight

part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business... View Details

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

of economic development that is also taught simultaneously, using Internet-delivered material, in seventeen other universities. Professor Porter also speaks widely on competitive strategy and international competitiveness to business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

embarrassing, and exhausting battling in court, a judge awarded George's branch with 50.5 percent of the company's shares. The judge also wisely mandated a shareholder agreement (unfortunately with a buyout mechanism that was not very... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

contract the demand for goods and services. In short, the economic consequences would likely be a major recession, or possibly even a depression.” Drilling Down Now a resident of Houston, where he moved after retiring from HBS in 1996,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

on how innovating organizations are using strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards in the governance process with boards of directors and even their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

behavior and practices led Enron down the path from truly innovative to fraudulent management? How could Enron’s board of directors have failed to detect the business, ethical, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

companies. The partners were allowed to spend up to $2 million at any one time without getting permission from the corporation. For larger expenditures, they were required to obtain permission from XTV's governing board, which consisted... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

sheet of paper." Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms Authors:Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart

primary school readers develop learning concepts and reading skills, and offers books in many languages, including Arabic, English, Hindi, and Spanish. They also built a... View Details

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

passionate advocate for businesses to engage in water innovation and governance. Since her graduation from HBS in 2008, Nicole has been at the forefront of the interrelated water and power industries. For... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa

also chairs the advisory board of Harvard’s Center for African Studies. “As alumni, we need to give students the benefit of our judgment so that they aren’t always reinventing the wheel.” That meeting... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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From Das’s Desk

executives as they navigate the board selection process and provides resources to effectively govern as a corporate director. Making Corporate View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

obvious that no real commitment was made by the board of directors.” The public sector bears some responsibility for fostering stakeholder capitalism. IndexLlc commented that “the real problem has been the inability View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2000
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Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

governed by one or the other of these regimes, and Jensen suggests that time is split between them in about a 50:50 ratio. The switch into the PAM regime occurs when we are frightened -- which can happen... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

21 Oct 2020
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Cold Calculations

Courtesy Steve Payne Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic ice pack is melting. For more than a decade, Steve Payne (MBA 1985), chair of the board of the Arctic Ice Project, has patiently explained the problem to anyone willing to listen: The... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Delving Deeper into Development with the Joint MBA/MPA-ID Program | MBA

accounting & information systems instruction. What were you doing before grad school and what led you to apply/enroll at HBS and HKS? MPA-IDs at the Nutcracker Ballet in Winter 2019 I joined Deloitte’s Risk... View Details

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