Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. It is currently an exciting time in the world of setting standards for sustainability reporting. It is also a complex and confusing one. Last year saw the...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Speed is not always your friend. Sometimes it’s better to take the time to make the right decision than to rush to meet a false deadline. In this instance I...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The internal audit (IA) function is a largely unseen and unsung one compared to ones like sales and marketing, operations, and finance. But it is an...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Grift (intransitive verb): Engage in petty or small-scale swindling Grift (noun): A petty or small-scale swindle The U.S. Dictionary It has been easy to see...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Summary Despite their reputation in the 1980s as corporate raiders, most private equity firms attempt to improve the performance of their portfolio...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In January of last year I noted how the narrative on sustainability reporting had changed from the belief that market forces will determine the standards...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of my graduation from MIT with a bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics. As an entering freshman I had dreams of doing...
