N2Growth Blog

MAY 7, 2014

1) Sudden Crisis: Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, workplace violence, hostile takeovers, environmental spills, technology disruptions, etc. WHEN do we plan to arrive (your Future Picture and desired effect/outcome)? 2) Smoldering Crisis: Product defects, mismanagement, rumors and scandals, workplace safety, etc.

Crisis Management 397

Crisis Management Crisis Hostile Takeover Management 397

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

In this era, business started embracing formal planning. That’s my concern that financial-only focus without regard to other corporate dynamics bespeaks of hostile takeovers, ill-advised rollups and corporate raider activity in search of acquiring existing books of business.

Management 70

Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In this era, business started embracing formal planning. That’s my concern that financial-only focus without regard to other corporate dynamics bespeaks of hostile takeovers, ill-advised rollups and corporate raider activity in search of acquiring existing books of business.

Hostile Takeover 50

Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This was quickly followed by the era of hostile takeovers in the 1980s. The junk bond market made financing large takeovers possible and even the biggest among the Fortune 500 firms were no longer safe from a forced acquisition. In the past, such takeovers had largely been restricted to the world of smaller firms.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Hostile Takeover Airlines Execution 8