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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. in 2013 to 3.7 So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors?

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Principle 7 — Generate High-Velocity Decisions) in the section titled Invention Machine he explains the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 decisions and why understanding the difference is crucial to business growth through invention and innovation.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author. Sound familiar?