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4 Beliefs that Lead to Bad Decisions

Strategy Driven

He earned his BA magna cum laude from Harvard and his MBA and JD from Stanford and previously led projects for McKinsey & Company.

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The Case for Lending Out Your Star Performers

Harvard Business Review

Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009, retired in May 2013. Historically, Shell’s top leaders spent their careers at the company. But unlike many Shell leaders, Voser’s career was not continuous. Voser had more than 25 years of experience at Shell, having joined the company in 1982.

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

Harvard Business Review

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. You clearly have a different point of view on distributions to shareholders.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. But Icahn’s campaign to get eBay to spin off PayPal succeeded last month. Then Andreessen quit the board.

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