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- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
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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
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-036, October 2018.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors
By: Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director with a non-founder CEO (founder-director firms). We find that founder-director firms offer a different mix of incentives to their CEOs than other firms....
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Retention;
Managerial Roles;
United States
Li, Feng, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-018, August 2010.
- 11 Sep 2014
- News
Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?
- 03 Nov 2015
- News
HBX Appoints Patrick Mullane Executive Director of HBX
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...
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- 2012
- Article
Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors
By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy
We provide evidence 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 on...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Management;
Corporate Governance;
Performance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Prejudice and Bias
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy. "Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors." Management Science 58, no. 6 (June 2012): 1039–1058.
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald’s Board of Directors (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald’s Board of Directors (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-047, October 2023.
- 04 Aug 2014
- News
Harvard’s New Social Enterprise Director
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald's Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-046, October 2023.
- October 2023
- Supplement
McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald’s Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-045, October 2023.
- 28 Feb 2023
- News
The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
Fischer I am happy to report that the HBSAA Board of Directors is off to another great start. This dynamic group of more than forty alumni — including class secretaries, club presidents, and other devoted volunteers — has outlined a...
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- June 2021
- Case
New Director Dilemmas: Social Media Complications
By: John J-H Kim
Keywords:
Educational Policy And Politics;
Education;
Policy;
Interests;
Organizational Culture;
Education Industry
Kim, John J-H. "New Director Dilemmas: Social Media Complications." Harvard Business School Case 322-012, June 2021.
- 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...
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Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 404-039, August 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue...
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by Jay W. Lorsch
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Alumni Relations Gets a New Director
In her new role as director of Alumni Relations, Stephanie Goff wants to increase the opportunities for alumni to interact with the School. “We have been known as a reunion planning office, and that’s great,” explains Goff. In fact, HBS...
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- August 2003
- Case
SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Describes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 2003 proposal to allow shareholders to nominate a "short slate" of directors for the board of listed companies. Includes comment letters for and against the proposal.
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders." Harvard Business School Case 404-048, August 2003.