committees - Publications - Faculty & Research

2016
Working Paper

The Structure of Board Committees

By: Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu

We document and analyze board committee structures utilizing a novel dataset containing full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Specialization; Accountability; Information Segregation; Overloaded Directors; Multi-commitee Directors; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Accounting; Corporate Governance

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Compensation Committees

By: Suraj Srinivasan

Executive compensation has become a flashpoint issue for board members, institutional investors, regulators, and the media. Compensation committees are challenged to design compensation programs that not only tie business or corporate strategies to company performance,... View Details

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Compensation Committees

Summary Executive compensation has become a flashpoint issue for board members, institutional investors, regulators, and the media. Examining critical market and regulatory issues, this board leadership program enables compensation View Details

02 Nov 2016
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The Structure of Board Committees

Keywords: by Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

IT-savvy business executive—either a CEO or a top manager who has overseen the use of IT to gain strategic advantage in another organization. The expert's job is to challenge entrenched in-house thinking. In any case, at least one person on the View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

July 2012
Case

Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella

Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

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October 2010 (Revised October 2011)
Case

Ken Langone: Member, GE Compensation Committee

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Lizzie Gomez

On September 2003, Richard Grasso stepped down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, following weeks of intense public criticism over the size of his $190 million compensation package. As chairman of the committee that oversaw Grasso's payout, Ken Langone... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Executive Compensation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Labor and Management Relations; Wages; Change Management; Energy Industry; New York (city, NY)

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October 1981
Background Note

Note on Political Action Committees (PACs)

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Business and Government Relations

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Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni

Giving Campaign Leadership Committee Giving Campaign Leadership Committee A dedicated group of alumni and friends served as ambassadors for The Harvard Business School Campaign, which concluded on June 30,... View Details

June 2009
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The Role of the Audit Committee in Risk Oversight

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson

An audit committee chair considers how he can help his committee become more effective given the increasing regulatory demands on audit committees. He also wrestles with the lack of specificity in audit committee duties and whether his committee should take on... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management

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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

By: Paul M. Healy

The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and... View Details

Article

Managing Information Systems by Committee

By: R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Information; System; Groups and Teams

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August 1980 (Revised April 1981)
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Marrett Corp.: Systems Planning Committee

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22 Apr 2020
News

New committee to advise Bacow on sustainability goals

02 Mar 2010
News

Alumna Appointed to National Fiscal Committee

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Government; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

Awards

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Financial and Management Accounting Committee Award for Articles of Merit Competition

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Winner of the 2000 Articles of Merit Competition of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Financial and Management Accounting Committee for "The Outsiders" (Management Accounting, June 2000). View Details

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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

By: Suraj Srinivasan

The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and... View Details