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Why are the remunerations of the board of directors and executive management in Switzerland consistently approved by the general meeting of shareholders with a clear majority? AGM season is currently in full swing, with “say on pay” high on the agenda. A look at practice reveals a remarkably stable picture: In Switzerland, the respective remuneration…
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In a thoughtful and highly engaging article, Roxana Barbulescu, who was one of my professors during my MBA specialisation in Advanced Management at HEC Paris, challenges a widely held assumption about professional success: that hard work and individual merit are the primary – if not the sole – determinants of a successful career. She argues…
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I usually reserve my articles for reflections on corporate governance topics or insights from my teaching at the University of St.Gallen. Today, however, I want to share a different observation: one rooted in how we preserve and access knowledge over time. In an era of proliferating tools and proprietary platforms, we risk fragmenting our information…