Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

Investors and others ask why companies binge on buybacks while skimping on value-creating investment opportunities. But discussions of corporate governance invariably miss the real problem: most public companies have extensive governance procedures but no governing objective. Corporate governance issues are constantly in the headlines.

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Objective Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

However, the process can go horribly awry, as in the case of Microsoft’s Tay , a Twitter bot that the company unleashed on the microblogging platform. So it is possible that a powerful machine learning system could provide us with new insights. Should insurance companies have a say in how the algorithms are coded?

Ethics 8

Ethics GAAP Morale Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Is there a better distillation of the serious problem with our economic system? Earlier this year, I asked a CEO of Fortune 100 company how he dealt with analyst pressure. What he said was this: "I don't know any CEO that would want to run a company the way analysts would want us to.". But not the analysts.

GAAP 9

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Today, the data to answer those questions exists — it’s captured by the software-as-a-service firms whose services companies use to run their businesses. Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8