Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

An idea, behavior, or product is creative if it is both novel and appropriate to some goal. They were appropriate to the artist's goal of creating "a contemplative space that encourages participants to linger and experience an all-encompassing art environment.". And it quite effectively served its murderous goal.

Creative Accounting 15

Creative Accounting Creativity GAAP Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

Corporate governance is a system of checks and balances that a company designs to ensure that it faithfully serves its governing objective. The governing objective is the cornerstone upon which the organization builds its culture, communications, and choices about how it allocates capital.

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Objective Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

The Beacon Project , spearheaded by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, illustrates how a federated model could work: Data sets remain protected within national boundaries, but depending on the level of access granted to an organization, they can be queried individually or in aggregate through the Beacon Network.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Is there a better distillation of the serious problem with our economic system? Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs? It's a strategic and operational straight-jacket.

GAAP 9

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 9