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A company with just £24m annual revenue goes bankrupt with £1.9 bn of debts and a further £0.6m financing commitments. It made two appallingly large
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Business is plagued these days with academic studies that come up with sensational conclusions, usually based on statistical regression. Many seek - and often get
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In case any of us forget the importance of good corporate governance, have a look at the administrator John Jay III’s declaration* on the collapse
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Making better decisions is the holy grail of the boardroom. Corporate governance is full of rules and procedures, but very little on actual decision-making. There
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Lucy Tobin’s article in the Evening Standard drew my eye. Share buy-backs have always seemed to be controversial amongst commentators in the UK, and this
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You’ve just seen a report that concludes what you ‘already knew’. Maybe it’s that having more diversity on a board increases profit, or that eating
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A fascinating interview with Simon Laffin on what investors need to know about decisions made in the boardroom. Including, the most common problems facing a
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I joined the board of Northern Rock a month after it suffered its humiliating run featuring long queues of anxious savers. This was my first
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