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  • Greens Piece Oil and water mergers

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2010

    John M Green explores “oil and water mergers” and acquisitions, which can appear attractive yet be disastrous. Oil and water mergers The world needs both oil and water. Water is vital for survival. Some even splash it into whisky. Oil creates power, transport... and Lycra. But if ...

  • Greens Piece October 09

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2009

    John M Green suggests boards ditch the old short-termist penny-farthing corporate model. Penny-farthing companies Just as cyclist Lance Armstrong owes the industrial revolution for the penny-farthing, investors should thank it for the freely registrable limited liability corporation. Sin...

  • Greens Piece Small but not beautiful

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2009

    John M Green warns directors to watch out when a small division or subsidiary is making far more than they expect. Small but not beautiful How the mighty can topple over small, seemingly successful things. There’s a lesson in that from the downfall of American International Group (AIG), the...

  • Greens Piece Inside outside CEOs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2009

    John M Green discusses how boards can improve on their CEO succession plans. Inside outside CEOs The three non-executive directors from different boards slipped into their regular chairs at the café. “The Arbitz* board,” notes Peter, spooning sugar into his coffee. “Their CEO’s been doin...

  • Greens Piece Take the social out of CSR

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2009

    John M Green argues that viewing corporate responsibility through a shareholder lens is not the least bit anti-social. Take the ‘social’ out of CSR In these dour days of slumping profits, volatile share prices and shrunken personal fortunes, the last thing many of us will worry about is ...

  • Green s Piece Asleep at the wheel Sep 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2008

    John M Green praises the dumb question. Asleep at the wheel “The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...