Corporate Governance Failure in Spain’s COVID State Aid – The Plus Ultra Case

When Emergency Becomes Opportunity Topics show When Emergency Becomes Opportunity 1. Introduction – Crisis Governance Under Stress 2. Crisis Governance: Speed Is Not a Substitute for Control 3. Spain’s COVID State Aid Architecture: SEPI as Governance Gatekeeper 4. Plus Ultra Before the Rescue: Governance Fragility Pre-Crisis 5. Bridge Financing and Public Money: A Governance Collision … Read more

Model Context Protocol (MCP): The Missing Governance Layer Between AI and ERP Systems

Model Context Protocol ERP — why AI keeps failing where ERP dominates Topics show Model Context Protocol ERP — why AI keeps failing where ERP dominates Why AI struggles inside ERP-centric organizations What Model Context Protocol really is — stripped of hype 1. Resources — what the AI is allowed to see 2. Tools — … Read more

Wendy’s Store Closures: A Multi-Year Corporate Governance Case Study (2024–2026)

1. Why Wendy’s closures are a governance story, not just a burger story Topics show 1. Why Wendy’s closures are a governance story, not just a burger story 2. The fact pattern: from growth engine to “system optimisation” 2.1 2024: Turning off the weakest engines 2.2 2025–2026: System optimisation goes from pruning to surgery 3. … Read more

ASML and the Geopolitics of Governance: Europe’s Most Strategic Company Under Pressure

Introduction — When Technology Becomes Geopolitics Topics show Introduction — When Technology Becomes Geopolitics ASML’s Unique Position in the Semiconductor Ecosystem A Monopoly Measured in Nanometres Geopolitics: The New Operating System of ASML When Markets Are Overruled by Power Export Controls and the U.S. Strategic Doctrine Washington’s Invisible Hand on Dutch Soil China’s Technological Sovereignty … Read more

When Content Empires Collide – The Warner Bros–Paramount–Netflix M&A Struggle as a Corporate Governance Stress Test

Corporate governance in media mergers — The Boardroom as a Chessboard, the Viewer as the King Topics show Corporate governance in media mergers — The Boardroom as a Chessboard, the Viewer as the King I. The Streaming Economy: A River That Changed Its Course II. Netflix: The Platform That Thinks in Probabilities Governance character Portfolio … Read more

When Tech Entrepreneurs Dream of Their Own States

1. From Boardroom to Border: When Governance Escapes the Firm Topics show 1. From Boardroom to Border: When Governance Escapes the Firm 2. The Governance Paradox: Hyper-Control Internally, Radical Freedom Externally 3. Network States Explained: Governance Without a Demos 4. The Corporate Governance Lens: Where the Framework Breaks Accountability Transparency Checks and Balances Stakeholder Model … Read more

Dynamic Pricing & Corporate Governance: How Algorithms Became the Invisible Steering Wheel of Modern Markets

I. Introduction — When Prices Begin to Think for Themselves Topics show I. Introduction — When Prices Begin to Think for Themselves II. What Dynamic Pricing Really Is — from Human Judgment to Algorithmic Autonomy 1. First Generation: Yield Management (1970s–1990s) 2. Second Generation: E-commerce and Real-Time Competition (2000–2015) 3. Third Generation: Machine-Learning Models (2015–2023) … Read more

When the Nervous System Misfires: What the Wall Street Vendor Breach Reveals About Modern Financial Governance

How the Wall Street Vendor Breach Exposed the Hidden Anatomy of Modern Financial Governance Prologue — The Moment the Pulse Faltered Topics show Prologue — The Moment the Pulse Faltered I. The Flicker — A Thursday Morning in Midtown II. The Hidden Plumbing — The Shadow Infrastructure Beneath Wall Street III. Third-Party Risk — The … Read more

Hudson’s Bay and the Governance of Legacy: Lessons from a 355‑Year‑Old Company

Introduction — Hudsons Bay Company governance: The Cathedral Without Foundations Topics show Introduction — Hudsons Bay Company governance: The Cathedral Without Foundations Act I – Governance in Decline: When Ownership Becomes Absence 1. Heritage as a comfort zone 2. Ownership drift 3. Information asymmetry 4. The audit committee’s blind spot 5. Private ownership and moral … Read more