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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Stock Options; Stock Shares; Annual Reports; Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt." Harvard Business School Case 112-003, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
treating its employees well. The company provides staffers with free education services to complete high school and supplementary medical care to cover gaps in government health plans. These efforts have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Fast Answer
Global Climate Change
style="text-decoration:none">The website provides standards, guidance, tools and training for business and government to measure and manage climate-warming emissions. View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
MBA Class of 2004 Celebrates Class Day and Commencement
audience. Imagine, he asked, that you could carry in your pocket a miniature governing board composed of several individual voices and characters whose collective judgment could be called on in times of need. For his own “pocket board,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
into three interrelated parts. First, students learn about the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of companies and their leaders. Next, they look at organizational systems and governance structures that can foster responsible... View Details
- September 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?
Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells motorcycles. It also provides financing for retail purchases and dealer stock. Although Harley's performance has been very strong, analysts and the press have questioned its use of a special-purpose entity to sell securities... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?" Harvard Business School Case 105-027, September 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
Omar Maniya (MBA 2016) Illustration by Gisela Goppel Omar Maniya (MBA 2016) Illustration by Gisela Goppel I was primed to become a doctor from an early age. Both of my parents are physicians who talked shop at the dinner table, so I grew up with an appreciation for the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond
Harvard. “The sense of urgency can be overwhelming, but it’s also empowering,” says Nash. “We need policy and government to bring innovations to scale, but business is where innovation begins.” We sat down with Jennifer Nash to ask her... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of discussion in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Supply And Demand "Corruption can be defined as paying for a good or service in... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
of strong ties to resistors accruing to the change agent are weaker and may yet turn into liabilities that reduce the likelihood of change adoption. Analyses of longitudinal data from 68 multi-method case studies of organizational change initiatives conducted at the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
Publications September 2014 Research in Organizational Behavior The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
performance. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1437027 Leniency in Private Regulatory Enforcement: The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance Authors:Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services sector and other settings, such as appliance manufacturing, oil and gas, health care, and education. The article proposes strategies on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
of what charity can look like the summer after college. With her Harvard degree in government in hand, she signed up for a service trip and was shipped to a remote area of South Africa to help with a... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
sector and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for reporting on them would significantly improve the ability of companies to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Here's a Tip: Prosocial Gratuities Are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
different ordering and return procedures and system interfaces to each distributor and direct manufacturer with whom they trade, causing them to spend valuable resources in back-office operations (50 percent by some estimates), which they could otherwise use to make... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- Web
1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA
support or other duties. "Harvard officials" include: Faculty Administrators Clerical employees Professional employees Harvard University Health Services staff members Harvard University Police Department officers Agents of the... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
by his business experience and prior service as board chair of both the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam and The Hague Municipal Museum. “As a private museum, we don’t get government funding,” he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
introduction of Amazon Web Services in early 2006. This was the defining moment when the cost of starting consumer internet businesses really plummeted. That fact was very useful in rationalizing other things we saw happening: VC... View Details
Keywords: April White