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Who Should—and Shouldn't—Run the Family Business
Authors: Dorgan, Stephen J.; Dowdy, John J.; Rippin, Thomas M.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Mckinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
Family-owned companies run by eldest sons account for a good deal of the managerial-quality gap between the countries in a study...
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
Author: Hanna, Julia
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2007
In "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance," a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics, the authors argue that this sort of passive behavior can have a significant effect on how companies make strategic financing decisions...
Governing Joint Ventures
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Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
Better oversight isn't just for wholly owned businesses...
Competitive Advantage from Better Interactions
Authors: Beardsley, Scott C.; Johnson, Bradford C.; Manyika, James M.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
Tacit interactions are becoming central to economic activity. Making those who undertake them more effective isn't like tweaking a production line...
Corruption Fight 'Matter of Life and Death,' UN Business Summit Told
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Agence France-Presse
Publication Year: 2007
An anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday warned business leaders at a United Nations summit that they must urgently tackle corruption costing the global economy some 2.5 trillion dollars (1.8 trillion euros) to help lift millions out of poverty...
David Pearlman
Authors: Ehrlich, Greg; Bygrave, William
Product Type: Cases
Source: Arthur M Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Publication Year: 2002
David Pearlman's former company, a manufacturer's representative business, claims that he has committed a breach of fiduciary responsibility when he left to work for a customer. His present company supports him through the court resolution, and he continues on to become a top salesman.
African Economic Outlook 2006/2007
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Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Publication Year: 2007
Drawing on the expertise of both the African Development Bank and the OECD, this annual report opens with an overview that examines the international environment, macroeconomic performance, progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals, and governance and political issues...
The Art and Science of Measuring CEO Performance
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2007
The long-term performance of a company's stock may be the ultimate test of a CEO's talents. But that's not the only measurement used by boards of directors to gauge how well the boss is doing...
Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership
Author: Silverthorne, Sean
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2007
Who achieves success and power in the United States? In the twentieth century, the easiest path to power was available to certain individuals—mainly men, mainly white—who were otherwise favored with the right religious, family, geographic, and educational ties. But a significant number of "outsiders," such as Elizabeth Arden, created their own road to success, overcoming significant odds...
The Business of Climate Change
Authors: Begg, Kathryn; Woerd, Frans Van Der; Levy, David L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Greenleaf Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Corporate Responses to Climate Change provides valuable and insightful guidance concerning real-world experience in response to the emerging risks of climate change. It will undoubtedly prove to be a helpful companion for those attempting to chart a fiscally and environmentally responsible course through the unexplored territory of the evolving climate regime...
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