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Strategy Strategy in practice THE NEW CONTRARIANS – POSITIONING FOR A DOWNTURN  While most business people seem to be tightening the hatches in readiness for the storm ahead, the consultants are out in force urging us to spend at least a little time and money thinking about where we want to be on the other ...09 November 2008 Read full article
Governance Earnings guidance STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON WHY US COMPANIES CEASE GUIDANCE  The practice of companies giving analysts guidance about their prospective earnings has long been a controversial one. Giving the analysts a target – especially for quarterly earnings – gives the market a stick it can use to bea...16 November 2008 Read full article
Responsiveness Credit ratings EU PLAYS ITS CARD IN RATING REGULATORY GAME  The commission of the European Union has adopted a proposal to regulate credit rating agencies that's sweeping but perhaps less so than what we might expect from other quarters in the near future. The new rules are designed to p...16 November 2008 Read full article
views Executive pay A GREAT EXPERIMENT, OR A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN THE WAITING?  For years activist investors have been banging the drum for something to be done to prevent chief executive officers from picking money from the pockets of shareholders. Executive pay is a notoriously tricky area in corporate go...24 October 2008 Read full article
reviews Strategy in practice MORE, BETTER, FASTER  The consultancies around the world have been falling over each other trying to be faster about getting books and papers published on how companies can become more nimble, agile, resilient or some other adjective about coping wi...10 October 2008 Read full article | |||||
