Comments on: Corporate Strategy and Policy Design

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:39:50 +0000

Another unsuccessful and abandoned blog. Yes ,they dont always catch on.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:47:28 +0000

How corps didnt see imminent financial downfall is hard to believe. The steady loss of domestic industry (jobs), should have been a sign to ease up on easy credit, both giving and receiving. The masses of people employed in finance;traders (bookies), bear a lot of blame. California has still not recovered from Enron. Why do many of these companies, once relatively well off,not buy back the bulk of their stock and therefore become less beholding to stockholders.(rhetorical I actually know the answer). These stockholders and their constant demand for increased profits is hurtful. Especially when they conclude that the only way to increase profits is by pressuring the company boards to lower wages or send jobs over seas. The stock market has become a casino. The sad thing is even those of us who dont go to casinos become victims .

By: Andrew Kakabadse and Nada Kakabadse

Andrew Kakabadse and Nada Kakabadse — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:16:58 +0000

Dear Jasu

Just suck big time describes our circumstances. We do not have an issue of finding the right scientific theory. We have a major political problem of national and regional proportions that few/nobody seem to want to do anything about.

By: Andrew Kakabadse and Nada Kakabadse

Andrew Kakabadse and Nada Kakabadse — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:14:21 +0000

Dear Epsilica

Thank you for your blog comments. I understand your sentiments concerning change in the business world and the boardroom. I have to somewhat disagree as I believe the speed of business change is being reflected in the boardroom but not in a positive way. For so many boardrooms, long term strategy is now dead. Almost deliberately so. I cannot blame many board directors because the financial/shareholder pressures on companies are such that long term strategy is almost impossible. So we have a serious problem and what is worse is that the board knows it and seemingly cannot do much about it.

By: Epsilica

Epsilica — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:10:24 +0000

Hi,
I think the speed of change in the business world is not being reflected in the boardroom decisions taking place, especially around the long term strategy. Depending on the sector, the definition of long term is shrinking by the year.

It really needs a re-think to the way things are planned and executed.

By: Jasu Koponen

Jasu Koponen — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:31:19 +0000

Thanks for the post, good stuff.

Another great blog post I just read, “The role of ’scientific’ theories in the financial crisis”, by a Finnish researcher, who concludes “Many of our theories just suck. Big time.” Interesting read.
http://glostra.fi/component/content/article/34-blog/175