Governance →
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
Enforcers of regulatory laws are making headway, but their work as a whole needs more teeth, according to panelists at Harvard Business School. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
What’s still wrong with American business? Start with pervasive conflicts of interest and the limits of enforcement. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
SEC Commissioner Harvey J. Goldschmid blames corporate failures in part on inadequate gatekeepers, but sees healing in history. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
Want fundamental corporate reform? Start with shareholders, say Harvard Business School professor Cynthia Montgomery and research associate Rhonda Kaufman. Excerpted from Harvard Business Review. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
What’s at the heart of recent corporate misdeeds and scandals? Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark looks at the causes and the potential remedies needed to restore public trust in institutions of business. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
Bad business practices on a huge scale have made corporate governance Topic A of late. In a roundtable discussion, Harvard Business School professors Krishna Palepu, Jay Lorsch, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Nancy Koehn, Brian Hall, and Paul Healy explore guidelines for change. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
Where corporate ethics are concerned, the buck stops with the CEO, says HBS professor Thomas R. Piper. In this interview from the Harvard Management Update, Piper explains how corporate malfeasance found a foothold and suggests ways that all companies can restore trust. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
Companies reflexively look to charismatic CEOs to save them, and that's a bad idea, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. In this excerpt from his new book and in an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge, he explains how the CEO cult arose. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
In an opinion piece in the Financial Times, Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch argues for legislation to create an independent, self-regulatory organization to oversee accounting firms. Enron, he says, is not an isolated incident. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
India is not known for rigid corporate governance standards. Is software giant Infosys changing all that? A working paper by HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu looks at how globalization may—or may not—foster convergence of corporate governance. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
Having described the framework of family business governance and the governance of the business, John Davis discusses the most challenging of the family business governance topics—governance of the family itself. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
Corporate governance can be difficult enough—but what happens when your board of directors is comprised of your cousins? Or when your CEO is your sister? Harvard Business School's John Davis discusses governance issues unique to the family-run business. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
In searching for a new CEO, many companies depend on board contacts to find candidates and diminish the role of search firms. And that may be a big mistake, suggests HBS assistant professor Rakesh Khurana. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
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Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Is business malfeasance always the board's fault? HBS professor Constance Bagley argues that everyone has a stake in ethical behavior and moral reasoning. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.