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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Instead, boards typically looked for expertise in their firms’ industry (51%), strategy (34%), and financials (30%). As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc. Again, we found differences among industries. — [and] not much on risk, people, innovation.”

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business

pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., internet software & services, semiconductors, wireless telecommunication services); and Materials (e.g., apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,