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The Political Case Against Out-Sized Executive Pay

Harvard Business Review

But these debates have, so far, had little political impact. A recent UK report from The High Pay Commission sets out a multi-faceted political case — on business, economic, and social grounds — against such extreme compensation growth. CEOs may be as much as 300 times the average pay today. The multiple for U.S.

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Six Strategy Insights RIM's New CEO Can Use

Harvard Business Review

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. Choice means that someone loses, and that creates political risk. But probably the dream didn't look like this.

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Corporations Weren’t Designed to Run on Code

Harvard Business Review

What we’re witnessing may be less the failure of corporations to thrive in a digital environment than the limits of the corporate model in any environment — and the acceleration of this decline with each new technological leap. The strategy works, temporarily putting more cash on the positive side of the balance sheet.