"Sarbanes is a lens through which management and boards should view climate risk, " said Bob O'Connor, a partner with Palo Alto, Calif.

FORBES: Here Comes Carbox

Early this year British Telecommunications agreed to transfer more than 14, 000 of its worldwide patents to IPValue Management, a company in Mountain View, California.

FORBES: Managing your knowledge

Henry Mintzberg, a professor of management at McGill University in Montreal, has long held a contrary view to that proposed by most business schools.

ECONOMIST: Management education