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FS Close documentation and PBC files as two distinct pillars of financial reporting governance Topics show FS Close documentation and PBC files as two distinct pillars of financial reporting governance Introduction – why this topic matters more than ever 1. The financial close as a governance event 2. FS Close file versus PBC file – … Read more
Why Private Equity Forces Governance Discipline Topics show Why Private Equity Forces Governance Discipline Core thesis – Private equity governance 1. Ownership, Power and Accountability: From Public Codes to Private Contracts 2. The Board in a Private Equity–Backed Company: Oversight at Speed 3. Information Discipline: Reporting, KPIs and Control 4. Incentives, Behaviour and Culture: The … Read more
Leverage, partnerships, and the silent failure of board oversight Topics show Leverage, partnerships, and the silent failure of board oversight Chapter 1 — The illusion of resilience: why luxury demand survived but governance did not: Governance failures in modern retail Chapter 2 — From Saks Fifth Avenue to Saks Global: ambition without a recalibrated control … Read more
A discussion paper on CFO onboarding as orientation, integration and collective understanding Topics show A discussion paper on CFO onboarding as orientation, integration and collective understanding The First 100 days CFO — Why the First 100 Days Are About Orientation, Not Intervention Ownership as the Underlying Context I. Family-Owned and Owner-Managed Businesses The CFO as … Read more
A Corporate Governance Case Study on Power Asymmetry, Trust, and Contractual Discipline Topics show A Corporate Governance Case Study on Power Asymmetry, Trust, and Contractual Discipline Royalty transparency governance – Why this case matters beyond the courtroom 1. The anatomy of the partnership: innovation meets scale 2. Pricing disputes as a governance stress test 2.1 … Read more
1. Why Höfner Matters as a Corporate Governance Case Topics show 1. Why Höfner Matters as a Corporate Governance Case 2. Origins and Organisational DNA (1887–1960): Craft Before Control 3. The McCartney Moment: Accidental Globalisation Without Governance 4. From Icon to Institution (1970–2000): The Professionalisation That Never Fully Happened 5. Global Reach Without Global Governance … Read more
How Artificial Intelligence becomes a board-level accountability issue Topics show How Artificial Intelligence becomes a board-level accountability issue EU AI Act governance – When decisions disappear from view 1. A decision without a decision-maker 2. From supporting tool to de facto authority 3. Why traditional governance failed to notice Why Europe intervened: from ethics to … Read more
General Electric corporate governance – Corporate governance almost never collapses in a single moment. It does not fail with a dramatic vote, a scandalous memo, or a rogue executive. It fails the way large machines fail: incrementally, invisibly, and convincingly, until the system is operating far beyond the assumptions under which it was designed. General … Read more
UK ad-supported streaming – When the Remote Control Changes Hands Topics show UK ad-supported streaming – When the Remote Control Changes Hands 1. The Original Streaming Promise: Escape from Advertising The Ideological Foundation of Subscription Streaming The Economics Behind the Idealism 2. From Resistance to Acceptance: How Advertising Re-Entered Streaming The Strategic Pivot The UK … Read more
Louis Gerstner IBM Corporate Governance Crisis Disguised as a Technology Problem Topics show Louis Gerstner IBM Corporate Governance Crisis Disguised as a Technology Problem 1. IBM at the Beginning of the 1990s: A Company Without a Center 2. A Governance Failure Hidden in Plain Sight 3. Appointing an Outsider: A Board-Level Intervention 4. “The Last … Read more