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Doubting Existing Management: Private Equity’s Talent Conundrum

N2Growth Blog

The journey from meticulous deal-making to managing assets proficiently has put an unprecedented emphasis on acquiring and retaining the right talent. The Talent Deficit Spectrum Diving deeper, the data reveals that 48% of fund managers in private equity firms and operating partners find their organizations understaffed.

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Deadly Disease of Management: Emphasis on Short-term Profits

Deming Institute

Thomas Johnson and Anders Broms, the authors provide many good thoughts on the problems of accounting measures and management. Many large investments at our railroad and utility operations are also made with an eye to payoffs well down the road. …. Fiduciary Duty: better align interests of financial intermediaries and their investors.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.