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General Management - Faculty & Research
CEO succession to stakeholder engagement and regulatory scrutiny. The full volume brings together insights from legal advisors, investors, and governance experts and covers topics ranging from board refreshment and audit View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
audit committees have improved their ability and willingness to monitor auditors. Investors can ask for and insist on strong audit committees of... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
adaptability of the organization over time. As he put it, "By focusing too strongly on financial records (and audit committee work), we lose sight of the fact that departments like operations and human... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
pitfalls to avoid? Explore the what, why, and how of joining a board + – The Search Committee What are the organization's major issues and needs? What documents should I review? How do you orient new directors? Am I able to meet with the... View Details
- Web
Richard P. Melnick | About
Planning and Analysis. Rick helps to monitor and manage the finances and compliance issues for the School’s global offices. He is on the audit committee for Harvard Business Publishing. Rick is also involved... View Details
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Lessons from Nike's Playbook By: Lynn S. Paine One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their... View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
request. The following day, Zuckerberg personally met with employees and posted a promise to audit and restrict access to user information by the developers of apps. He also agreed to testify before a United States congressional View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
directors. Independent directors are now expected to play a greater role, audit committees are required to take on greater responsibilities, and senior managers and boards are being held more accountable for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
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Harvard Business School
on the boards of the National Urban League and Northern Virginia Urban League. He also served on the boards of five Fortune 500 firms. Brittain leant his expertise to the Yale Corporation Audit Committee and... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
strategic postures are reflected—and embedded—in different organizational postures. In 2009 the CEOs of both companies face new global strategic and organizational choices. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909415 The Role... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
through," he said, noting that the drive for investment banking revenues on Wall Street led to conflicts of interest between those sectors. "Self-governing, particularly in the auditing process, was a disaster." Out of... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
start-ups is different than in established large organizations. More often, a director is an investor, friend, expert, and resource. Involvement of a director is more intense, often resulting in daily or at least weekly contact with management at all levels. Insiders... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
not only a company's numbers but also the systems that produce the numbers. Finally, public accountants will have to evaluate the work of the boards' audit committees that hired them. The bill for the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
propels you into more powerful decision-making roles with far-reaching influence. Speaker Bios: Nisha Kumar Behringer (MBA 1995) is a Board Diversity Network steering committee member and serves as the Director & Chair of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
together or understand when something might be going wrong. Jay Lorsch: There was a cycle of greed throughout the system, and boards, for their part, allowed it to go unchecked. Some audit committees and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
Article In the past several weeks we have been treated to vastly restated earnings, the conviction of an entire accounting firm, and the baiting by congressional committees of witnesses drawn from the ranks of corporate managers. We are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
practice in the use of statistical, accounting, and financial analytic tools. A resident of Westwood, Massachusetts, Hayes sits on four corporate boards, chairs the investment committee at Swarthmore College (his alma mater), and is... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
parts of the organization. With deficient information and knowledge, you can't put all the pieces together or understand when something might be going wrong. Jay Lorsch: There was a cycle of greed throughout the system, and boards, for their part, allowed it to go... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons