Tag: Business
The key to the banks
Great size is a warning of trouble ahead in the banking industry; and the trouble may be for the taxpayer as much as the shareholder.
Strategic advantage
There is more vacuity about strategy than about any other topic in business today. But there is a real issue, and a real subject of strategy for the corporation.
Living in a state of true accountability
Despite the difficulties, one should be accountable more for outcomes than for the decision process.
I own my umbrella
We talk about companies being 'owned' by their shareholders. But what does 'ownership' really mean? In this talk John highlights fundamental differences to ownership of a very different kind - that of an umbrella!
The chainsaw falls on instrumentalism
Chainsaw Al is obsessed with making money. Bill Gates is obsessed with computers. Who is the richer man?
A fair trade in governance
The management and governance of LIFFE is not an easy job. Exchanges are natural monopolies, and provide benefits which are valuable only in what they make possible.
Why the last shall be first and the first shall fade...
Being the first to innovate is rarely the road to riches many presume. Business history is paved with industries dominated by followers.
We’re all postmodern now
The architects of modern companies are repeating the errors of the architects of modern buildings. Perhaps it is time to develop a theory of post-modern management?
Size and Scale 3: Size does not guarantee survival
If there is not much evidence to support the view that large firms outperform small, or that industrial structures are becoming more concentrated, why do so many people still believe these things are true?
Size and Scale 2 (with Leslie Hannah): Myth of critical...
Despite beliefs about the inevitability of size and concentration, and despite vigorous efforts to make them come true, the share of large firms in total output is not going up.
