Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. CEO of Eastman, serious Deavenport not want any of the new board members of the board to include Kodak, he began to deliberate and thorough process to build a completely new board, which he hopes will be on the cutting edge. This case describes the selection process and documents backgrounds selected by the directors. Discussion of the first year of the work, and he writes a reflection of "one year" of Deavenport and some of the board members. "Hide
by Jay W. Lorsch, Samantha K. Graff Source: Harvard Business School 17 pages. Publication Date: February 13, 1996. Prod. #: 496043-PDF-ENG
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