HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2019

trillion asset management company, have been let go. Both the departures were announced in strongly worded memos circulated among the 16,000 employees of the firm, showing how serious the company is about the conduct of its senior management. “We In 2018, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich resigned for a similar reason.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct, fired from his position as Nissan’s board chairman, and criticized by Nissan’s Japanese CEO for accumulating too much power. As a result, when making close calls on the company’s financial reports, that auditor may be too deferential to Nissan management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

Investors are increasingly seeking firms with long-term growth strategies, rather than ones focused on managing short-term earnings to boost the stock price. As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 In 2012, John Deere CEO Samuel Allen began releasing long-term, aspirational revenue targets for 2018.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

The market size for responsible investment is large and growing, with some of the largest asset managers like BlackRock , State Street Global Advisors , and Vanguard responding to demand by opening ESG-themed funds in recent years. According to US SIF , at the end of 2018 there was $8.72 BlackRock has gone even further.

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