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- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
ultimately be reflected in long-term earnings and benefit for shareholders? Should they resolve the dilemma in some other way? What do current trends and experiences say about the future of stakeholder management? Is it becoming too... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
for shareholders. However, there is a sense, expressed by John Ippolito, that there is a lack of perception in boards of directors View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
it was less effective when their relationship was more distant. The large and executive Board provided little check on the actions of the Special Committee. Directors executed... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
its connections with people at all levels of the company. Inspire management to hone its capacity to spot opportunities and problems early. Appoint a board of View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Unless men embrace their role in eliminating gender bias and barriers, organizations and institutions will never leverage the value that women bring to the workplace. “Most positions of power are still held by men,” says Colleen Ammerman,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO." But what they did discover should help CEOs learn to be more effective with their time, and provide boards with a new... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
accountable for the resulting weak talent pool. In A.T. Kearney's 2004 survey on the effectiveness of corporate governance, participating board directors universally... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
through this.’” Salary and benefit cuts Many salary cuts in 2020 have been top-heavy, focused around boards of directors, CEOs, and other senior executives. During the pandemic, executive pay cuts are not... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
firm's pre-acquisition board of directors remain on the board of the combined firm after the merger. This also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Globalization By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51810 The Structure of Board Committees By: Chen, Kevin D., and Andy Wu... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Financial resources don’t determine the quality of education, but it would be absurd to deny that money helps. "Adding to the challenge, 65 percent of Black college students are also juggling full-time jobs... View Details
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
and find that directors implementing MV shareholder proposals experience a one-fifth reduction in the likelihood of losing their board seat as well as other directorships. Are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
414-031 United Rentals (B) In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
board members and Wall Street analysts. Even boards of directors are drawn into the fray, as they end up endorsing deceptive reports to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49602 Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Tim Youmans Abstract—Under the prevailing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
in governance. In spite of all the checks and balances, failures occurred with boards of directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Understanding Boards of Directors: A Systems Perspective By: Lorsch, Jay W. Abstract—In this essay, my goal is to explore why, despite the tireless efforts of talented people,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
organizational culture, alignment, leadership style/fit, and change management. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406111 The Board of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
spin-off announcement, the stock price barely reacted. The case protagonist, Robb LeMasters (MBA ’05), managing director at Blue Harbour, joined the new company, BWX Technologies board View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne