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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business Review

Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy. What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation. Not seeking CEOs who value talent development. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Soon after, Trian did due diligence on the company and bought a $2.5