Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

The company provides services in a myriad of industries, such as health care, water treatment, aviation, and financing. Consider that many directors who sit on boards hold senior management positions at other firms, and some sit on the boards of multiple companies. Boards can and do play an important role in the success of companies.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The 2012 batch includes CEOs sending memos explaining whose platform they think will help the organization thrive (and encouraging employees to vote accordingly, lest jobs be lost) and even one who sent his people to a rally. Unbelievably, every time, they find some. What they don't understand is that the process can work the other way.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

This is ineffective deal management, and it eventually leads to loss of positioning with customers, and, over time, the nurturing of “commodity competencies.” But by 2012 growth slowed, revenues flattened, and margins declined. At that point, Alphatech’s management reassessed its strategy and sales approach.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Many Indian women prefer to step back instead of stepping out: 73% take a scenic route, opting for part-time work, flexible work arrangements, or a position with fewer responsibilities, compared with 58% in the U.S., That way, when you come back, it's not a strange place," notes a female general manager at a finance multinational.

Career 8

Career Maturity Survey Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

The use of pain killers increased by 50% from 2006 to 2012 and one recent estimate put the cost of physical pain on the U.S. In a similar study, we informed people of their state’s unemployment rate, asked them their employment status, and then asked them how much physical pain they were currently experiencing.

Cost 8

Cost Document Finance Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Much the same occurred at Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, when Pershing Square Capital Management acquired control of its board. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

To gain further insights into the sustainability and financial outcomes associated with shareholder advocacy efforts, Jody Grewal, Aaron Yoon, and I analyzed 2,665 shareholder proposals submitted between 1997 and 2012 in a new paper. We show that this position is supported in cases of financially immaterial ESG proposals.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Advertising Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In a 2012 poll of 1,600 sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) experts, 81% saw activists as central to further progress in the environmental agenda. Breakthrough requires an end to systemic inequities by opening up processes, information - and markets. Breakthrough Finance. Breakthrough Activism.

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

There’s a common bias that psychologists call the fluency heuristic: We prefer information that is processed more easily, or fluently, judging it to be truer or more beautiful. The information becomes more familiar without much effort, and so they feel that they’re learning.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Bottom-up Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

2012) to $385 (last April) — a difference of almost $300 billion in market capitalization — and back up to $555 before this latest earnings report. Shiller and his allies posit that this excess volatility is the product of investor error, herd behavior, feedback loops and the like. (My Apple Disruptive innovation Finance'

Price 8

Price Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

It broke into the open in April, 2012, when the New York Times published a lengthy investigative piece alleging Walmart bribery in a Mexican subsidiary and a cover-up in its Bentonville, Arkansas, global headquarters. The Walmart bribery scandal is one of the most closely-watched cases of alleged malfeasance by a global company.

Compliance 8

Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Social exchange not only grounds women but it also allows them to share information and solutions to the common problems they face. The Pay Paradox. The Start Up Paradox.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Assuming the opt-in take up rate of 25.1%, as reported in my 2012 research with Ehud Peleg and Richard Thaler, that’s an under-statement of more than five million participants (75.4 Consumers make more informed choices when they have the right information at the right time. million participants x 25.1 percent of plans.).

Tools 9

Tools Participative Planning Education 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

Our consumption of information requires an algorithm of narrative and the perspective of bias in order to produce focus. In fact, the four systematic reviews from 2012 onwards all found mostly positive associations; none were funded by industry. Yes/no; positive association? But only if the PLoS study is itself true.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Back in 2012, Erasmus’s CEO, Professor Hans Buller, was a huge proponent of VBHC and led the development of the organization’s 5-year VBHC strategy with one of us (Dr. Engaging leadership in the finance domain – representing the denominator of the value equation – is helpful as it will ensure dedicated resources.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Compliance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the summer of 2012, the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Hospital recruited me to be its inaugural chair. We funded the new, lower-cost positions by eliminating higher-cost positions, all without turf battles or job protectionism. Where We Started.

Health Care 8

Health Care Diversity Proposal Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Tucker believes that recovery and resolution plans should reduce the direct hit to public finances following a bank's failure or distress, while also containing the system-wide impact. interbank exposure information, derivative and securities finance position information) which will be readily accessible to authorities.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Companies say they struggle to find qualified workers for specialized positions, suggesting there is a shortage of necessary skills. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Art of Reinventing Your Personal Brand (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012). When you post information, people like, comment on, or forward your thoughts. For example, if you're in sales, you are likely to have a depth of knowledge in that area, but you can also show that you know something about marketing or finance.

Media 16

Media Career Tips Content 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Hoping for a more nuanced perspective, Jay went next to the pastor, the Reverend Clyde Dahlberg, who, to Jay’s surprise, advocated a completely evidence-based approach: “Make two columns, one for adverse environmental effects, one for the positives,” he said matter-of-factly. Ethics Finance' Wow—three million dollars,” he blurted out.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8