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- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
As more and more corporate executives have been paraded on perp walks these last few years, a question has repeatedly been raised: Where was the board? After all, isn't it the board's responsibility to make sure the fox isn't hired to run... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
signals accordingly. At that very moment in 1998, the IMF Executive Board and Interim Committee were considering codifying the norm for all 184 members, as had the EU and OECD for their own clubs. That... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
challenges: selecting the mostworthy recipients of funding, relying on young organizations to implementideas, and being accountable to the third party whose funds they areinvesting. They identify relevant venture capital practices — such ashelping management develop... View Details
Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh
- 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
- 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
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
Center and a member of the executive committee of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. You Might Also Like: COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now? The Climate Targets... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
is: “As an employer, we strive to create a workplace environment that inspires trust, inclusion, and respect so we can unleash breakthrough thinking and invention.” A CEO’s activism depends on how strongly (and uniformly) a CEO, his or her board, and senior View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
October issue of the Harvard Business Review by Scott Cook, Co-Founder and Chair of the Executive Committee of Intuit. Cook argues that a number of successful organizations have gotten that way by making it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim 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
- 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
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
of 'culture clash' in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared beliefs lead to more delegation, less monitoring, higher utility (or satisfaction), higher execution effort (or motivation),... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
primarily to beat price reductions out of the supplier. This problem will persist unless senior retail executives work to reset employees' expectations and incentives at the working level when they forge what they see as a strategic... View Details
- 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
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
Congress's committee on toxic loans, the deputy mayor of the City of Saint-Etienne, who originally decided to take on some toxic loans, stated that '[he] was not able to read the information [he] received because [he was] not a financial... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
accountability and effectiveness today? What should it do about them? With a detailed description of the Bank's challenges of democratic accountability, its constraints, and recommendations for the future, HBS professor Alnoor Ebrahim testified before the View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public offering and, eventually, through its decision to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey administered about one year after the course suggest that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace