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Q2 2008


	Strategic Intuition: The Key To Innovation

Those Who Stay Cool and Calm... Can Coll$ct! Balance Sheet Management Strategies for Turbulent Times


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Strategic Intuition: The Key To Innovation

by William Duggan, Associate Professor, Columbia Business School

We all need to innovate. But how? As we’ve seen this past year in the financial sector, innovation without constraint is a recipe for disaster. Yet putting in place creative constraints can be just as bad. A company-wide Sarbanes-Oxley for innovation, with rules and procedures and forms to fill out, will surely kill the golden goose before it takes a breath.
So what can we do? More >


Those Who Stay Cool and Calm... Can Coll$ct! Balance Sheet Management Strategies for Turbulent Times by Jonathan Hartley Growing turmoil throughout the credit markets is forcing investors to liquidate assets to meet ever-increasing margin calls initiated in response to plummeting collateral values. Forced selling into weakness is a bellwether of a classic financial panic, but may also offer an opportunity for carry trade and spread product investors. More >

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