Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

More than 200 activist-investor initiatives hit companies in 2013, a seven-fold increase over a decade earlier. After Icahn Enterprises initially acquired a 4 percent stake in Motorola in 2007, the company invited Icahn allies Keith Meister and William Hambrecht onto its board in April 2008, shortly after directors had approved the breakup.

Hostile Takeover 8

Hostile Takeover Chief Financial Officer Due Diligence Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

One challenge today is that few companies have these numbers at their fingertips, and the lack of common definitions and publicly available statistics makes benchmarking difficult. equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

One challenge today is that few companies have these numbers at their fingertips, and the lack of common definitions and publicly available statistics makes benchmarking difficult. equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?”

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9