Tag Archives: decisions

Facebook and yes; looks matter more than reputation

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mal Spooner

Our love of good stories often biases our decisions, which is evidenced by the scrambling to buy the Facebook IPO despite the fact that there’s virtually no concrete financial data to justify the price of the business (if it is even … Continue reading →

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Encana: it’s a gas! Good Management 101

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Mal Spooner

Encana has been under fire from the investment community for some time now. In the past I’ve been critical of the pressure public companies have to suffer nowadays (see past posts on short selling, a short term obsession with ‘growth‘ … Continue reading →