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19 Aug 2014
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29 Oct 2019
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Robots in the Boardroom

Steamships, electricity, the railroad, airplanes, the internet—technology and business have always been intertwined. Now a new tech revolution is pushing forward as organizations figure out how to use... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2009
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Perspectives from the Boardroom

Keywords: Professors Jay Lorsch, Joseph Bower, Clayton Rose, and Suraj Srinivasan; Management

19 Aug 2014
Talk

Sustainability in the Boardroom

By: Lynn S. Paine

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More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their long-term success—and yet the matter gets short shrift in most boardrooms, consistently ranking at the bottom of some two dozen possible priorities. Many years ago labor conditions... View Details

April 2008
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Leading from the Boardroom

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Robert C. Clark

Keywords: Leadership; Governance

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10 Feb 2015
Keynote Speech

Sustainability in the Boardroom

By: Lynn S. Paine

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January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
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Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the financial health of the growing large publically traded... View Details

Keywords: Career Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Boards Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Career Planning; Independent Directors; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Real Estate Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2017
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Boosting Boardroom Diversity

accelerate that trend. In addition to helping senior women executives develop the knowledge and skills sought by boards, the weeklong program (next offered in November) demystifies board selection and offers... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

September 2007 (Revised September 2010)
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ValueAct: Shareholder in the Boardroom

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak

ValueAct, a San Francisco investment firm, makes an investment in PerSe Technologies. The partners of ValueAct build relationships with the PerSe board and management. Eventually ValueAct is given a seat on the PerSe board and is able to influence a significant imprint... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco

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November 2004
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Bringing Customers Into the Boardroom

By: Gail J. McGovern, David Court, John A. Quelch and Blair Crawford

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16 Dec 2019
News

Breaking Up the All-Male Boardroom

Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom

While many efforts are underway to add more demographically diverse directors to boards, very few are focused on inclusion—creating an environment where differences are valued, and all members have equal opportunity to exercise influence and move into leadership... View Details

20 Aug 2019
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Back Channels in the Boardroom

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Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance

By: David F. Larcker, Eric C. So and Charles C.Y. Wang

Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Governing and Advisory Boards; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance

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