Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Its directors have turned over many times, of course, but Trian Fund Management, led by activist Nelson Peltz, is pressing for far more than a routine remake, demanding four seats of its own choosing at the table. Much the same occurred at Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, when Pershing Square Capital Management acquired control of its board.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

As the two markets homogenized into a general mass American market, focused mail-order retailers like Sears and Montgomery Ward saw sales and profits drop. And that answer was new management — Robert Wood — “a man who was capable of introducing a new entrepreneurial concept.” And what was that?

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies. by Hank Moore.

Crisis Management 77

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. Commentaries by project manager Roger Thomas and researcher Kim van Oorschot provide frameworks for understanding the team’s decisions.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

By 2013, we had honored Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Garrett Camp of Uber, famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, and Gangnam style pop artist Psy. She also believed that Sanofi’s competitive edge was at risk because of this narrow approach to talent management. If you say we should, let’s do it.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

In the long-version explanation of the prizes published by the Nobel committee last fall, Campbell was cited more often than anybody else, apart from the three winners. You’d have this beta with the market, so you have the riskless rate plus beta times the equity premium. And that’s what these guys [the 2013 Nobel winners] did.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

Last week the House Committee on Education and Workforce of the U.S. 1313 ), was introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions should soon consider similar legislation.

Insurance 9

Insurance Committee Power Cost 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

MACRA set up a Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee. Perhaps this committee can play an important role in threading the needle to show how both parties can work together to make the incentives work. A Rand study recently found that between 2013 and 2015, 22.8 Public reporting of quality performance data.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Incentives Cost 8