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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Right now, yesterday's organizations — from corporations to Congress — have a gaping, yawning disclosure gap: the how, what, why, how and when of disclosure simply isn't good enough for markets and communities to be able to allocate and utilize resources productively or efficiently.

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CEOs Need Courage

Harvard Business Review

There are some notable examples of CEOs with courage: In the days following September 11, 2001, Southwest Airlines did not follow its many competitors and lay off tens of thousands of people, thereby keeping intact its record of never having a layoff, or furlough, and building its market share. As former Procter & Gamble CEO A.

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Be Bold In Life.

Rich Gee Group

I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Be Bold In Life. Well I did. Unported License.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Jeff Skilling, as a condition of his employment at Enron, insisted the company adopt mark-to-market accounting. billion in net income during the five years prior to its bankruptcy in 2001, while only $114 million in net cash was generated (or a mere 3% of reported income). Of course the right people have to be setting the rules.

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How Share-Price Fixation Killed Enron

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2001, just prior to filing for bankruptcy, Enron Corporation had approximately $2 billion in cash and no debt coming due. In a keynote speech , he said Enron went bankrupt because of "decisions" made in October 2001. However, in situations where a firm must maintain access to capital markets (e.g.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

Between 1994 when he was first elected and 2001, in his third term, the Firm more than doubled its number of consultants (3,300 to 7,700), partners (425 to 891), and annual revenues ($1.5 Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets. billion to $3.4

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

The Bush cuts also gradually raised the estate exemption and lowered the estate tax from 2001 until 2010, when the estate tax disappeared for that year only. Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011.