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Why We Need New Firms and Better Ways to Generate More of ThemIn 2011, the U.S. economy barely grew at all during the first six months. In 2012, the economy managed an [...] |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter , Corporate Finance , Leadership & Strategy | January 19 2013 |
Why Unions Are ShrinkingAccording to recently released 2012 Department of Labor data the rate of unionization — the percentage of American workers belonging to unions — declined faster under President Obama’s first term than during two terms of President George W. Bush. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and senior fellow at The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, argues that the President’s own anti-business policies are largely to blame. This is not as counterintuitive as it sounds. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter , Governance/Compliance | January 31 2013 |
Why This Best-Selling Business Author & Owner Says He’ll Leave CaliforniaOnce again, CEOs have voted California the worst state in the U.S. in which to do business. In our eighth [...] |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter | May 17 2012 |
Why the Judges Selected MulallyThe CEO of the Year selection panel discusses the specifics that went into their selection of Alan Mulally as this year’s CEO of the year. One reason? “He’s a statesman not only for the auto industry but also for business in general.” |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO of the Year | June 27 2011 |
Why the Debate over Taxing the Rich Is DisingenuousMuch has been made of the “Buffett Rule” when the sage of Omaha skewered the nation’s tax code for giving him a lower effective tax rate than that of his secretary. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter | July 12 2012 |
Why Tax Policy Is a Dissembler’s ParadiseAll politics is the art of deception, none more so than the oft-repeated claim about “tax cuts for the rich.” First, the extension of the rate cuts of 2003 that President Obama grudgingly agreed to in exchange for an extension of unemployment benefits is not in any way a reduction of income tax. The only question was whether everyone’s tax liability was going to increase in January. |
ChiefExecutive.net | Regulatory | January 20 2011 |
Why Regulation Punishes IPOsAre our capital markets broken? The global economy is operating on one cylinder and economic data from the U.S. continues to disappoint. A dangerous disconnect exists between the real economy and financial markets threatening the emergence of young companies and the jobs that they normally create. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter , Governance/Compliance | August 23 2012 |
Why is Confidence in Certain CEOs So Fragile?The shares of P&G are clearly reflecting a crisis of confidence. The Cincinnati consumer products giant has been criticized for being too late getting into emerging markets and allowing its costs to get out of control. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter | July 19 2012 |
Why H-P is a Poster Child for Dysfunctional Governance and Silicon Valley IncestuousnessRay Lane will step down as chairman of Hewlett-Packard after a rocky two-and-a-half-year tenure. The surprise move is in addition to the surprise resignations of two other board directors, John Hammergren, CEO of McKesson, and G. Kennedy Thompson, former CEO of Wachovia, who nearly lost their seats at the March annual meeting. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter | April 9 2013 |
Why CEOs Are More VulnerableFrom board clashes to activist investors more leaders find themselves besieged and many find it necessary to yield to insurgent demands—or be deposed. Some like H.J. Heinz’s Bill Johnson find a middle path. |
ChiefExecutive.net | CEO Briefing Newsletter , Governance/Compliance | October 25 2012 |