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  • September 2024
  • Case

Board Director Dilemmas: The Tradeoffs of Board Selection

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Patrick Sanguineti
After retiring from a long and successful career in financial auditing, Linda McGill looked forward to the prospect of joining a board. She felt the time was right to leverage the breadth of her experience while fulfilling one of her long-term goals. Though somewhat of... View Details
Keywords: Board Decisions; Corporate Boards; Boards; Board Networks; Cost vs Benefits; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retirement
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  • July 2010
  • Article

Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions

By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim
In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find... View Details
Keywords: Board Interlocks; Board Networks; Social Networks; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Public Ownership; Market Transactions; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

By: Susanna Gallani
Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation
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  • December 2016
  • Article

Social Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing

By: Stav Rosenzweig, Amir Grinstein and Elie Ofek
The forces that drive the impact of academic research articles in the marketing discipline are of great interests to authors, editors, and the discipline’s policy makers. A key understudied driver is social network utilization by academic researchers. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Social Networks; Academic Reserach; Human Capital; Country Of Origin; Scientometrics; Social and Collaborative Networks; Research; Marketing; Gender; Human Resources; Social Media
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  • 11 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

companies are under increased pressure to diversify their boards in order to include more minorities, women, and social activists. While shaking up the historical old boys' board View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Program

Women on Boards

Summary Traditionally, the majority of board appointments are made through informal networks that are especially hard for women to break into. Designed specifically for top women executives, this program... View Details
  • 24 May 2018
  • Blog Post

Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris

For many successful business people, retirement (or the advanced stages of their careers) is not a time to abandon old interests, but an opportunity to create new successes on the foundations of previous ones, perhaps by serving on a View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

Getting on Board

corporate board consideration.” As you organize your campaign, Stautberg says, “It’s best to cast a wide net. Networking is essential,” she emphasizes. “Who knows you and respects your capabilities? If you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

serves as a director on the boards of Harvard Business Publishing and Harvard Student Agencies , the world’s largest student-run corporation. Blogs: Platforms & Networks , Launching Tech Ventures (course... View Details
  • Feb 21 2023
  • Testimonial

Building a Network with Purpose

  • Program

Value Creation Through Effective Boards

global governance challenges affect the business Improve governance processes relating to strategy, risk management, integrity, and oversight Prepare your board to react to crises and deal with exposure to risks Expand your personal and... View Details
  • Program

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 directors education program, you will... View Details
  • Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

Search Firms the Right Way Networking is the most common path to a board seat, but search firms handle about 20-25% of board placements. Keep in mind that your current search... View Details
  • Awards

Academic Consultant to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

By: Shane M. Greenstein
Academic Consultant to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Network Economics and Financial Platforms, Washington, D.C., 2011. View Details
  • Web

Diversity on Boards - Alumni

Careers Diversity on Boards Careers Diversity on Boards The HBS Board Diversity Network connects HBS alumni from underrepresented groups with... View Details
  • Web

Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

conference for Boston-area nonprofit board members hosted by the HBS Association of Boston. HBS Alumni Clubs offer nonprofit board recruitment fairs, regional board summits,... View Details
  • 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
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Turning Point: Network Effects

one of my last and most enjoyable flights. He was downright bubbly as we put on an impromptu air show over an Adirondack lake. Yet another had pages of combat time; he wrote my letter of recommendation for HBS. Those losses and more since helped to inspire my work as a... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

Careers Becoming a Board Member Careers Becoming a Board Member Interested in joining a board? Similar to a job search, you’ll need to make connections with the right people to find a View Details
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Building a Social Network

Florida. During a board meeting break, George Weathersby, YPO’s recently appointed CEO, ponders this puzzle: Of the 59 YPO networks (including groups devoted to golf, family business, real estate, wine, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna