This is truly one for the “you can’t make this shit up” file. Let’s see, the story is only three days old, but we have: overnight bankruptcy of IT-Factory, a supposed “best case” company suspected embezzlement of €70-130 million by…
Corporate Governance
“Welcome to the world of Karl Marx” is Arie de Geus’ greeting to corporate leaders. “Capital is a commodity. Human talent is not.” Here are my notes from the Don’tStop01 Business Innovation Conference we are holding here in Copenhagen. Arie…
Blogger for Benjamins Jaffe recently vented spleen over LEGO’s request that we call their toys and bricks “LEGO bricks” or “LEGO toys” , rather than simply “Legos”. It was a silly vent, one that illustrated Jaffe knows little about protecting…
Jim Horton looks at how respectable CEOs can slip into fraud. How does a respectable corporate executive slip into fraud and ruin his reputation and the reputation of his company? Oddly enough, a book on Accounting Irregularities and Financial Fraud,…