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Articles by Julia Garcia on the questions investors and boards face. Analysis rather than news: the aim is to show how we reason before we meet.
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In a technology deal, much of what is being bought leaves the building every evening. The investment committee meets the chief executive and the finance director; the value often sits two levels below them.
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Boards are often presented with an obvious successor: the executive with the best results. The best performer today and the leader the next strategy needs can be different people.
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Most boards have a succession plan. Fewer have one that would hold if the chief executive left tomorrow. Five questions separate the two.
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A well-prepared management team interviews well. The evidence an investment committee needs comes from somewhere else as well.
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