Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Based on many years as a business founder, advisor, and investor, I would argue that getting the green light has as much to do with understanding human nature as it does with business fundamentals and finances. In fact, champions rarely have significant power in the organization—but they know who does and their expertise is usually respected.

Stephenson 8

Stephenson Due Diligence Finance Wireless 8

Chris Brady

JANUARY 23, 2011

FUMBLE - unprepared speakers who don't know what to say clearly, distinctly and effectively because they haven't done due diligence in preparation. There are qualifications listed in the Bible that show what certain people should be before they occupy certain leadership positions in the Body.

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Due Diligence Blog Long-term Follow-up 81

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. We at Mayo Clinic believe remaining independent and forging a clinical affiliation is a powerful alternative means for integrating care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Consider “digital due diligence” emerging as a new normal for the sharing economy. This structural power shift is not unique to expensive automobiles; it holds for any and every industry where consumers, customers, and clients demonstrably care about getting their money’s worth.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Automotive NGO Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

The fact that every company you work for can affect your career mobility in the future makes an even stronger argument for due diligence when selecting a company to work for. As our data show , financial executives are punished more harshly for financial scandals than non-finance executives, even when both groups were innocent.

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Company Due Diligence Mission Statement How To 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. But although conventional due diligence for a deal involves deep market research and repeated rounds of interviews with founders and key customers, Correlation focuses on documentary information.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. Some powerful Iranian institutions are highly suspicious of Western influence. The best way to identify new partners involves in-person due diligence. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran. Finding the right local partners.

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Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

“When you’re on your own freelancing for a big company, there is a fundamental power imbalance,” says Caitlin Pearce, director of advocacy and member engagement there. This requires due diligence, says Younger. So if your paycheck doesn’t arrive on time, “You think, what did I do wrong?

Long-term 8

Long-term Follow-up Project Due Diligence 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

If you are first-to-market, but the competition has more resources, stronger marketing power, superior distribution, or sales infrastructure, your primary advantage is time — you got to the market first — so use your 15 minutes of fame well. Even under optimum conditions, an instant sale is not possible for a complex, enterprise-based system.

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Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

But the crowdfunding jewel is fool's gold, and is inherently incapable of harnessing "people-to-people power" and the "wisdom of crowds" to "democratize access to capital for entrepreneurs" in order to "create wealth and make things happen," as crowdfunding sites publicly proclaim. Due diligence is too expensive.

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Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

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Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8