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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business Review

As one accountant based in Japan during 2010, explained , “there was a big rush of inquiries about schemes that might be used either to split out salaries or defer part of it.” The Nissan board also has no nominating committee; its chairman chooses the independent directors, subject to the board’s approval.

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Drew quickly retired after the losses, and Iksil and Macris are, according to news reports, leaving the bank.

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Don’t Blame the Apple and Exonerate the Tree

Harvard Business Review

That comes after a nearly $1 billion deal just a few days ago to end civil investigations into several matters including the bank’s multi-billion-dollar “ London Whale ” trading loss. Then there are the two former bank employees that authorities have been trying to arrest ( one successfully ) for their roles in the London Whale events.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Five years later, under the banner of "The Girl Effect," Nike Foundation and its many partners, such as the NoVo Foundation the World Bank, DFID and the UN Foundation, have successfully influenced the global agenda and helped launch multi-million dollar programs to empower adolescent girls around the world. Early results are encouraging.

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VW’s Board Needed More Outsiders

Harvard Business Review

In managing the fallout from BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster in 2010, company Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg had to take over from CEO Tony Hayward, whose gaffes and public blaming of partners had only exacerbated the crisis. Take the case of BP. Hayward’s leadership had contributed to BP underplaying safety its U.S.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

Senate Banking Committee to save his competitors. Since 2000, the Chinese economy has been growing at an increasing rate — from 6% per year in 2000 to 12% per year in 2010. This is exactly what happened during 2010 and 2011 as the global economy was bouncing back.) automobile industry. The China-Sparked Crisis.

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (Unless You're a Working Mom)

Harvard Business Review

In a 2010 survey, for example, only 25% of French employers said they were "strongly interested in hiring mothers," and 41% feared there would be "less flexibility in the schedules of mothers who worked" (they didn''t have this fear when it came to men). BONUS BITS: What''s in the Piggy Bank. —Andy O''Connell.