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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

in 2013 to 3.7 The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. If the GE board had had a finance committee, the board might have done a better job of overseeing the design and funding of its retirement plans.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space. Successful platforms engage in platform evangelism, providing developers with resources to innovate, feedback on design and performance, and rewards for participation. Failure to engage developers.