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Critical Mass: As Huge Companies Keep Growing, CEOs Struggle to Keep Pace
The Wall Street Journals looks at how the "merger mania [that] gave birth to new behemoths" has changed the way that big companies are being managed. The story finds that now "dumb moves or stumbles are subject to much greater scrutiny, decisions must be made quickly, with limited information," and "vastly expanded overseas operations can make ... communicating with employees increasingly difficult." The article examines the strategy of the biggest U.S. corporate structures and reveals how their managers have accommodated their companies' growth. The author concludes that "technology and delegating help tame the barrage of data, deals, [and] decisions."
Tags: CEOs; mergers and acquisitions; employees; decision-making; Dell Computer Corp.; General Motors Corp.; Boeing Co.; Procter & Gamble Co.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Nortel Networks Corp.; Cisco Systems Inc.
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The Options
Many top companies, including Nextel, Qualcomm, Microsoft and Dell, figure profits without calculating expenditures on employee stock options. "They would have had their profits reduced -- or losses increased -- by as much as 139 percent, according to annual reports they filed with the SEC," Steffy reports.
Tags: stocks; stock options; S&P; profits; Microsoft; Bill Gates; Michael Dell; Irwin Jacobs; John Chambers; Dell Computer Corp.; Qualcomm; Cisco Systems; SEC