Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)
828 points by d0ks | 386 comments
A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.
#corporate-strategy on Hacker News
4 stories tagged corporate-strategy, newest first.
GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values(about.gitlab.com)
627 points by AnonGitLabEmpl | 609 comments
GitLab blog post "GitLab Act 2," a letter to customers and investors announcing a strategic shift, workforce reduction, and changes to its CREDIT values.
I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it(philmckinney.substack.com)
623 points by AndrewDucker | 480 comments
Former HP CTO Phil McKinney recounts persuading HP's board to buy Palm for $1.2B and its shutdown 49 days later, with a framework for avoiding such decision errors.
Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO(danluu.com)
326 points by greggyb | 617 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing Steve Ballmer was an underrated Microsoft CEO whose long-term bets and groundwork set up Satya Nadella's later success.