article thumbnail

The Element of Surprise Is a Bad Strategy for a Trade War

Harvard Business

On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Donald Trump often slammed American leaders for publicly telegraphing their ISIS strategy. ” President Trump is now deploying the “element of surprise” in his trade war strategy – and in particular how he is imposing tariffs on China. These people have all left.

article thumbnail

GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business

During the Immelt era, the dominant mode had been of strategy by way of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including most recently the disastrous merger of the GE oil and gas business with Baker Hughes in 2016. In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool.

Company 29
article thumbnail

Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World’s Biggest Companies

Harvard Business

” With Iger’s contract ending in 2018, the company said its board “will broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration.” ” That broader scope may extend well beyond Disney’s ranks. one of the authors of the study.

Company 28