by Robert Eccles - Publications - Faculty & Research

Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China

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December 2007 (Revised June 2009)
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KPMG (A): A Near-Death Experience

By: Robert G. Eccles and Eliot Sherman

Describes the way in which "Big Four" auditor KPMG dealt with an indictment stemming from the firm's sale of tax shelters. In 2005 Tim Flynn has been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Crime and Corruption; Taxation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Partners and Partnerships; Accounting Industry; Service Industry

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

Keywords: Sustainability; Financial Services; Banks; Insurance Companies; Risk; Risk Management; Insurance; Accounting; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry

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25 Apr 2014
News

Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007) believes professionals and their companies are the critical link in solving the world's most serious problems. As the cofounder of Executives Without Borders, Goodwin proved his case in developing countries... View Details

January 2013
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Buro Happold (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

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2011
Chapter

Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

This chapter describes the concept of integrated reporting, provides a brief history of its development, reviews the current state of practice, presents a strategy for institutional change that will accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting in order to meet the... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; Business History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Practice; Adoption

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August 2011
Teaching Note

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee

Teaching Note for 408-066. View Details

Keywords: Investment; Information Technology; Opportunities; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Risk and Uncertainty; Employment Industry

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July 2011
Teaching Note

Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee

Teaching Note for 408067. View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Employment Industry; Service Industry

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July 2011
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Mistry Architects (TN) (A), (B), and (C)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

Teaching Note for 609044, 609064, and 609086. View Details

Keywords: Construction Industry

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July 2011
Teaching Note

a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

Teaching Note for 409036 and 411085. View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Business Offices; Attorney and Client Relationships; Customer Focus and Relationships; Initial Public Offering; Organizations; Change; Consulting Industry; Boston; Hong Kong; Singapore; San Francisco

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July 2011
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Accenture's War for Talent in India (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee

Teaching Note for 408095. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Recruitment; Consulting Industry; Service Industry; India

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May 2009
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Interview with Rob Smith, Senior Partner of Davis Langdon

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn Simpson

Keywords: Information

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2015
Chapter

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

In this chapter, we present the two primary functions of corporate reporting (information and transformation) and why currently isolated financial and sustainability reporting are not likely to effectively perform these functions. We describe the concept of integrated... View Details

Keywords: Information; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Transformation

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