Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In contrast to previous studies, we didn't find evidence that the COO's role is determined entirely by the CEO.

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

CEOs of midsized companies I’ve come to know over the last 30 years share the same dream. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. Midmarket investment bankers love to shop potential acquisitions to their CEO clients. The San Jose, Calif.-based

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Allow time and persevere.

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Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

LEVINE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been very clear from the beginning that building a sustainable future is foundational to Facebook’s mission of bringing the world closer together. When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Andrew Liveris.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

This all presents CEOs with a tough dilemma. But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now. In the meantime, the JV has also started doing contract printing for third parties. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Many People Are Born Gays and Lesbians - Theyre Not That Way by Choice Should two people of the same sex be allowed to marry? If this chemical process is thrown out of balance, sexuality in the brain can easily fail to develop normally. Copyright 2010. November 10, 2010 5:28 PM Denny Coates said.

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Video Insurance Blog Learning-by-Doing 105

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

I'm the CEO of Desso , a European company that makes carpets, carpet tiles and synthetic sports surfaces. Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. I'm also an owner. We did that. 1] McKinsey & Co.,

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Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

There is little question that both the BP board and the CEO (Tony Hayward) paid some attention to these issues, but it is critical to know why and how that attention failed to prevent the Deepwater explosion or prepare for the aftermath. Ironically, BP's new CEO acknowledged the need for just such a broad analysis.

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Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Even Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, announced his support in a Human Rights Campaign public service announcement: "America's corporations learned long ago that equality is just good business and it's the right thing to do.". It boosts employee recruitment and retention.

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Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). CEO Peter Loscher declared Germany's plans to move aggressively toward renewables "the project of the century.". The total: 145 million euros.

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15