The 2008 Accenture Award

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the California Management Review’s Annual Accenture Award is Phillip Rosenzweig for his article, "Misunderstanding the Nature of Company Performance: The Halo Effect and Other Business Delusions", 49/4 (Summer 2007): 6-20.

About the Award

The Accenture Award is given each year to the author (or authors) of the article published in the preceding volume of the California Management Review that has made the most important contribution to improving the practice of management. Articles are initially judged by CMR's editorial board. The final selection is made by a distinguished panel of senior executives. Articles are judged on their contribution to the study and practice of contemporary management, their originality and relevance to current issues in management, and their clarity of style and expression. The award carries with it a cash prize of $2,500 and authors are invited to the Haas School to give a public lecture based on their award-winning articles.

The Review expresses its sincere appreciation to Accenture for their long-standing sponsorship of this award.

CMR would also like to thank the following executives for their assistance in selecting this year's winning article:

Mr. Jack Caouette
Chairman, Channel Capital Advisors LLP

Ms. Barbara Desoer
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Bank of America

Mr. William Hambrecht
President, W.R. Hambrecht & Co.

Mr. Stephen Herrick
President, Continental Capital Corporation

Mr. W. Howard Lester
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Williams- Sonoma, Inc.

Ms. Nancy K. Lusk
CEO and President, The Lusk Company

Robert Thomas
Executive Director, Institute for High Performance Business, Accenture

All material is copyrighted© by The Regents of the
University of California. 
All rights reserved.