Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). Given my sympathy for the "long-term, innovative approach" elucidated by Google in 2004, why am I so opposed to its plan to issue non-voting stock?

Planning 11

Planning IPO Proposal Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Monitoring process key performance indicators (KPIs) and keeping top executives apprised of how processes are performing. from 2004 to 2007. The executives I know at these companies today believe that having process owners provides them a significant competitive advantage. There were few role models and little time for training.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This helped ALL's executives do four things: achieve alignment, adapt to local circumstances, foster coordination across units, and make better decisions. Strategies often falter in execution because of insufficient coordination across the organization. The team decided to adopt a simple-rules approach to the work ahead.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Despite the continuing rarity of women at the very tops of large corporations (which will inexorably shift as the cohort of overwhelmingly male CEOs retires during the next decade) and in finance, a 2004 study by the women's group Catalyst, The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity , concluded that companies with the highest (..)

Bottom-up 13

Bottom-up Metrics Construction Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. And, legitimized by MSV, a prime way in which corporate executives fuel this hope is by doing massive stock buybacks. I disagree with this priority.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. This was also true for Michelle Hickox. ” Making a Plan to Put Family First.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. Should we support generally moderate candidates who can compromise on major structural issues facing the U.S.,

Company 12

Company Politics Policies Proposal 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. As James Surowiecki wrote last year , activist investors tend to into trouble when they think they know more about a company’s business than its executives do.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

If that were the case, you could pick and choose from the various reasons a tax-efficient locality that was an attractive place for senior executives to move their families to. He notes that as recently as 2004, less than one percent of all U.S. But as Pankaj Ghemawat points out in his forthcoming World 3.0 (HBR

Banking 11

Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

“As a leader, you need to have a strong voice and you need to know when it’s time to listen,” says Amy Jen Su, co-owner of Paravis Partners, an executive training and coaching firm. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. The problem?

How To 8

How To Case Study Charan Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

After a few weeks of watching no click throughs, Kaufer executed his second pivot: a cost per click model (now known as CPC). The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash , a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital.

EBITDA 9

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

Since 2004, the global tax, auditing, and advisory firm Grant Thornton has surveyed people around the globe — this year it interviewed more than 5,000 people from 36 countries — to track the progress women are (or are not) making into senior leadership roles in their companies. That hasn’t happened. Methodology.

Execution 10

Execution Company Chief Executive Officer Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. He also considered the impact a change might have on his family and its finances. ” In the end, with his family’s support, he decided to take the leap.

Due Diligence 11

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 11