Editor's Pick: The Lack of Strategic Thinking in Election 2016

The Lack of Strategic Thinking in Election 2016

Rob Enderle Oct 3, 2016 10:23 AM PT

One of the problems facing the technology industry right now is the critical lack of strategic thinking. Hedge fund managers and activist investors increasingly are forcing tactical decisions that raise stock prices over the short term, largely by destroying the firm's long-term viability. Most top executives don't seem to understand they are destroying their companies until it's too late. [More...]

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