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dan lovallo

Deals Without Delusions: The Idea in Brief Half of all acquiring companies pay more for target firms than they're worth. Often it's because of executives' mental biases: Their interest in a deal keeps them from being objective about its value....; Tags: Due Diligence, Acquisitions, Mergers, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, GE Capital Inc., Article, Acquisition, M&A, Antidote, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dan Lovallo, Patrick Viguerie, Robert Uhlaner, John Horn; Articles 2008-04-01

When Growth Stalls: It happens even to exemplary companies: after years of neck-snapping acceleration in revenue, growth suddenly stalls. And no one saw it coming. Worse, if executives don't diagnose the cause of a stall and turn things around fast, a company stands little chance of...; Tags: Stall, Growth Stall, Core Business, Executive Team, Storage, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Management, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever, Seth Verry, Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever, Seth Verry; Articles 2008-03-05
McKinsey's Four Biases of Failure: Saying goodbye can be a hard thing to do. But it is a necessary part of the creative process and is good management, according to a new McKinsey Quarterly study. Too often, executives stick to what was once thought a bold and brilliant idea. But when the...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, Sales, Marketing, Sales Strategy, Polaroid, McKinsey & Co., Brand, Branding, Management; Blog posts 2008-06-27