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All Boards Need a Technology Expert

Harvard Business Review

Executive directors are usually selected for their leadership qualities; they often have experience with generalized management or leadership experience rather than narrow expertise or technical acumen. It’s often focused on the competitive environment — used to reassure management that it is not falling behind rivals.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business Review

Recent analysis by Bain found that the biggest biopharma value creators are category leaders, and those that combine their category leadership with portfolio focus within their categories deliver annual total shareholder returns more than twice those of companies that are diversified followers. But that drags down shareholder returns.