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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes it doesn’t make sense for companies operating in the same space to continually compete. operate in an extremely competitive (borderline oligopolistic) industry. However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact. Example: MineMe Inc.

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