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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment through the internet of things and analytical software with a suite of products called Predix Cloud. In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So far in 2017, GE is the worst-performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

For us, growth events mean simply concrete, directly observable achievements that foreshadow future success: for example, new customer contracts, initial export sales, new bank or equity financings, expanded production capacity, or expanded people platforms (e.g. strategic hires). day, scale-focused workshops and related activities.