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Activist investors are suffering grueling defeats in proxy fights—but they can still matter when they pick the right battle

While the biggest fights in this year’s proxy season ended in defeat for activists, there are still some upcoming fights in which they may fare...

30.05.2024 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The Coming MAGA Assault on Capitalism

29.05.2024 10

Time

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

It's Time to Direct Russia's Frozen Assets to Ukraine

Recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine, with Kherson under increasing attack, are powerful reminders that Ukraine needs every penny of support it can...

21.05.2024 100

Time

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Norfolk Southern is getting back on track–but activist investor Ancora is trying to derail it in a vicious proxy fight

A year after the East Palestine disaster, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw is under attack by activist investor Ancora.

15.04.2024 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Why Bob Iger’s strategy for the next decade of growth at Disney promises a magic carpet ride for the Magic Kingdom’s future

Iger is doing more than keeping the lights on: He is pulling off one of the most remarkable turnarounds in media and entertainment history.

02.04.2024 10

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Inside the cockpit at Boeing: Here are the top 5 candidates for CEO as Dave Calhoun exits

It's the end of an era at Boeing after CEO Dave Calhoun reinvented the company and its top ranks in his image. Here are the top candidates for...

27.03.2024 40

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The latest sanctions on Russia won’t be sufficient. Here’s what would be, according to the Yale professor who inspired the great business exodus over Ukraine

As the Kremlin finds creative ways to evade sanctions, some claim that all sanctions are useless.

22.03.2024 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Nelson Peltz is America’s most overrated activist investor. Here’s what the experts missed about his performance

Peltz’s 25 desperate attempts to join Disney's board should be seen as the last flicker of the flame of the flailing financier, write Yale's...

20.03.2024 8

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Boeing is tackling its 'good ole boys' culture–but the company still has a long way to go before it gets its production and financials right

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has taken essential steps–but the latest shakeup will not be enough to fix the company's production and revenue problems.

22.02.2024 9

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

It's Misguided to Say That CEOS Are Warming to Trump. Here's Why

The narrative that the business community is hedging their bets and that CEOs “are softening towards Donald Trump” is escalating and fast becoming...

07.02.2024 20

Time

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Nelson Peltz is still trying to get seats on Disney’s board–but Bob Iger is no easy target for the activist investor’s 25th attempt to take control of the company

'Peltz has picked the wrong sport–and the wrong opponent,' write Yale's Sonnenfeld and Tian.

06.02.2024 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is on the hot seat. Here are 3 concrete steps he must take to restore the company’s credibility

Getting the 737 MAX 9 back into the sky may have been the easy part.

29.01.2024 6

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The Worst 45 Minute Film You Will Ever See

Reports from the World Economic Forum at Davos cite CEO disappointment that the sensitive topic of rising global antisemitism after the Hamas attack...

23.01.2024 3

Time

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Yale management professor: ‘Harvard’s board is guilty of 5 key failures. Here’s how to avoid repeating them’

'Being the home of case studies, perhaps Harvard is not used to being their subject,' writes Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

10.01.2024 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Biggest CEO successes and setbacks: 2023’s triumphs and 2024’s challenges

For these CEOs, good and bad, the past is likely a prologue to the future.

04.01.2024 7

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

‘Parroting Putin’s propaganda’: The business exodus over Ukraine was no Russian bonanza

'When businesses pull out of Russia, Putin loses, no ifs, ands, or buts.'

20.12.2023 20

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Competition cop Lina Khan’s antitrust overreach is hurting U.S. competitiveness–and destroying billions of dollars in value

Antitrust overreach is hurting America's global competitiveness, with the FTC calculating industry concentration on a purely domestic basis.

07.12.2023 10

Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

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