N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great insights Susan.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Regulatory capture — when regulators come to act mainly in the interest of the industries they regulate — is a phenomenon that economists, political scientists, and legal scholars have been writing about for decades. That’s why rich people can invest in hedge funds while, for the most part, regular folks can’t.

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Banking Conflict of Interest Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

If the auguries of "strategic due diligence" suggest a favorable outcome and bankers are willing to lend lots to help finance the deal, the PE masters of the universe acquire the property and put in place a "performance improvement plan" to make their new asset more profitable. They don't appear to be in it for the long haul.

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Due Diligence Incentives Hedge Collins 12