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- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420 Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
cooperate, the company's strategy will be inconsistent and weak.— Benson Shapiro If marketing and sales do not cooperate, the company's strategy will be inconsistent and weak; and execution will be flawed and inefficient. In today's... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
Ghemawat explained to the audience in his introduction, is one of the first "outputs" of the School's new Latin America Research Center (LARC). It was co-written by Ghemawat with LARC executive director Gustavo Herrero and... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
executives who deal in contracts take away from your study? A: Details matter. What turned out to be the problem for the rights of first refusal we studied was that the order of events that the clause specified worked to the disadvantage... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
packages and devices via a software bill of materials. In April 2018, the leaders of the US Congress House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Linux Foundation, acknowledging the critical importance of... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
Chances are you've got a story like Andrea Zintz's. Now president of Andrea Zintz & Associates, a consulting firm in Pennington, N.J., she was working for a health-care concern in 1997 when the firm's executive View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Risk Authors: Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts to measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors, we explore the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
large and small. She bolstered her own technical knowledge of how to probe more deeply into the causes of failure in hospitals by attending the Executive Sessions on Medical Errors and Patient Safety at Harvard University, which... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
also hold the position of chief executive officer. Where the CEO and the chairman are the same person, a lead director should be chosen from the non-executive directors. The chairman of the audit committee... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
weren't getting appropriate information and that was compounded by directors' complacency because everything seemed to be going well. Palepu: Mention of compensation committees brings to mind the issue of dramatic escalations in View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
Buffalo. We would use the same basic steps to purchase a pen, generator, or a hammer. The point was to use new technology to take advantage of economies of scale. The executive committee for our company met... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
influence of global energy markets, government regulations, and environmental activism. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709060 Executive Remuneration at Royal Dutch Shell (A) Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
guidelines being put forth in several member countries of the E.U. in response to accounting improprieties at Ahold and other European companies. Among other things, Sarbanes-Oxley seeks more independent directors on boards and in key board View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
response of the U.S. government to the excessive compensation of executives following the market collapse of 2008. In particular, the case focuses on the special committee that was formed to oversee and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
new ways. Thus, Greg Dyke's first major initiative, announced within two months of his arrival, was called "One BBC: Making It Happen," to highlight that he was seeking more collaboration throughout the organization. Executive... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
at ten years' worth of executive committee discussions, you would find two subjects, and only two, that appeared on every one of the agendas. One was the financial performance, led by our CFO. The second was... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 18 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?
dissemination of ideas," says Richard G. Hamermesh., MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, and a faculty steering committee member of the Forum, which is a joint collaboration between HBS and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 31 Oct 2006
- HBS Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
examines how CEO Shigeyuki ("Shiggi") Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired "committee system" for its board of directors, the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn Paine and Japan... View Details
- 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 Abstract—We document and analyze... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne