Theory of Disruption

Puerto Rico defaults on $422 million

Article by Heather Long | Featured on CNN Money Puerto Rico is dialing 9-1-1 for any help it can get. The island was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. It's another alarm bell of how bad the situation is getting on…
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Major League Soccer Stadium Proves a Good Financial Bet for Portland

Major League Soccer Stadium Proves a Good Financial Bet for Portland New figures show the city is getting its money back from the Portland Timbers’ stadium. Article By Nigel Jaquiss | Featured on WWeek Sometimes, history doesn't…
Sports Authority bankruptcy sale could close remaining stores

Sports Authority bankruptcy sale could close remaining stores

Article by Chris Isidore | Featured on CNN Money Sports Authority, the struggling chain which filed for bankruptcy in March, is weighing a sale of its assets that could be end up closing most if not all of its 450 stores. Under its original…
Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Article Featured on Reuters Global manufacturing growth almost stalled last month as rising price halted a pick-up in new orders, a survey showed on Tuesday. JPMorgan's Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), produced with…
ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Article Featured on New York Times | By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bill Ackman gets a lot of ink and a lot of criticism as one of the largest investors behind the crisis-ridden Valeant Pharmaceuticals. But another activist investment firm with a…
Three Big Questions on the Job Market

Three Big Questions on the Job Market, and How January’s Numbers Answer Them

Article Featured on The New York Times | By Neil Irwin Get used to jobs numbers like those newly reported for the United States Friday morning — if we’re lucky. It’s not that the new data blew the lid off expectations or pointed to…
What’s Eating Silicon Valley

What’s Eating Silicon Valley

Article Featured on Quartz turtix / Shutterstock.com Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber,…
Why The Star Wars Franchise Is Worth Nearly $10 Billion

Intergalactic Finance: Why The Star Wars Franchise Is Worth Nearly $10 Billion To Disney

Article by Aswath Damodaran | Featured on Forbes.com | Featured Image Credit: pio3 / Shutterstock.com I saw the newest Star Wars movie recently and it brought back memories that stretch back almost four decades. Watching Harrison Ford…
Intangibles make up the top 9 value drivers in the digital age

Intangibles make up the top 9 value drivers in the digital age

Article by Samantha White | Featured on CGMA In today’s digital economy, intangibles are more important than ever to the success of a business. New CGMA research found that the top nine drivers of value in the digital age are intangibles,…
Theory of Disruption

Clay Christensen says everyone misunderstands his theory of disruption — here's what it really means

Article Featured on Business Insider | By Richard Feloni The terms "disruptive innovation" and "disruptive technology" are at risk of becoming meaningless buzzwords, according to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who…