Shareholders
In the 1990s corporate executives represented shareholders in much the same way as communist dictators represented the workers of the w...
America/France
As you walk down from my French house to the town and the sea, you pass the Centre Roger Latournerie, a holiday village for coal miners...
20 years of privatisation
This July is the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the decision to privatise British Telecom. It was the start of one of the most...
Business Books
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, MD, tells a story of mice in a maze. In the last three years it has been the best ...
CEOs
Can you name the chief executive officer of Siemens or Matsushita? Or the man who is about to succeed Dr Joachim Milberg? T...
Enron
Readers of this column will know that good lists contain seven items. Here are seven lessons from Enron:
Market value isn’t a ...
Steel
Steel always seems to be in the news. George Bush imposes tariffs on European steel imports. Tony Blair helps Lakshmi Mitta...
Microsoft
This story is as American as apple pie. It begins in California, in 1994. Jim Clark, already absurdly rich from his success...
US growth
The collapse of Enron has shaken markets because it has reminded everyone that corporate accounts are interpretations, not facts. ...
Employee share ownership
It is hard not to be in favour of employee share ownership. It gives the people who work for a business a share in its futu...