The Advisory Board Company is a global research, technology, and consulting firm partnering with more than 230,000 leaders in more than 5,000 organizations across health care and higher education.
History
The company was founded by David G. Bradley in 1979 as the Research Council of Washington with five employees. Its original mission was to answer "any question for any company for any industry," but in 1983 the company began to specialize in research for the financial services industry and changed its name to The Advisory Board Company. By 1986, The Advisory Board Company had launched its health care-focused strategic research division, including its first membership program, the Health Care Advisory Board.
Across the next four years the firm grew to 150 employees, served more than 500 health care members, and published 15 major reports and 2,000 research briefs each year. In 1993, the firm launched a strategic research membership for large companies, bringing on almost half of the Fortune 500 within 18 months. The firm expanded in 1994 to include its first clinically based program, the Cardiology Roundtable—which has since evolved to become the Cardiovascular Roundtable—providing best practices to the nations’ cardiac programs.
An advisory board is a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation. The informal nature of an advisory board gives greater flexibility in structure and management compared to the Board of Directors. Unlike the Board of Directors, the advisory board does not have authority to vote on corporate matters or bear legal fiduciary responsibilities. Many new or small businesses choose to have advisory boards in order to benefit from the knowledge of others, without the expense or formality of the Board of Directors.
Function
The function of an advisory board is to offer assistance to enterprises with anything from marketing to managing human resources to influencing the direction of regulators. Advisory boards are composed of accomplished experts offering innovative advice and dynamic perspectives. Meeting quarterly or biannually, boards can provide strategic direction, guide quality improvement, and assess program effectiveness.
Sonos tried to win back customer trust by extending the manufacturer warranty for home speaker products and creating an advisory board that would provide the company with "feedback and insights from a ...
WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. — A mob had lynched a man, its ringleader sprung from custody at gunpoint, a local sheriff was complicit and a state official's life had been threatened ... ADVERTISEMENT ... He is also a member of the company's Editorial Advisory Board ... .
Papers show that the company had £472 million in liabilities ...High profile former employees include ex-Prime MinisterLord Cameron, who resigned from the company's advisory board in 2021, and former BP boss Lord Browne.
Papers show that the company had �472 million in liabilities ...High profile former employees include ex-Prime MinisterLord Cameron, who resigned from the company's advisory board in 2021, and former BP boss Lord Browne.
Papers show that the company had £472 million in liabilities ...High profile former employees include ex-Prime MinisterLord Cameron, who resigned from the company's advisory board in 2021, and former BP boss Lord Browne.
BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 9, 2025 / Gravitate AI, a leading provider of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions, today announced the appointment of three distinguished technology and business leaders to its advisory board.
The company emailed the university’s then president, Daryl Burckel, for help ... In turn, the flagship university gave the company a seat on the advisory board that chooses the institute’s research.
Breitling has spent $70 million ( ₹60 crore) on the Universal Geneve project so far, and the new company’s advisory board consists of several UG collectors, including managing director and former Roger Dubuis veteran, Gregory Bruttin.
VORTO's Advisory Board, which comprises industry veterans with decades of experience at leading global companies, provides strategic guidance and operational insights to accelerate the company's ...
With its advisory vote, the board is asking the city to deny Related Companies' rezoning application that would enable the developer, along with Wynn Resorts, to build a $12 billion full-scale, casino-based complex.
CommunityBoard 4 — which represents the Hudson Yards neighborhood — voted unanimously Monday night against approving a zoning change to allow the project by Related Companies and Wynn to proceed.
During his interview with Bartiromo last month, Nunes suggested that in his new role as chair of the Intelligence Advisory Board, he is unlikely to let up on the journalists and media companies he believes are mistreating him and Trump.
... for boards ... Investors and their advisory firms used their shareholder power to push companies to include people of different backgrounds in senior roles, and companies hired more diverse board members.
... of Parker & Sons and current consultant to the Wrench Group, to its advisory board ... His addition to SmartAC.com’s advisory board is expected to further solidify the company’s leadership.
