Berkshire Hathaway is an effective company. Its businesses dominate their industries, have great managers, excellent economics and durable advantages over the competition. Berkshire is a decentralized holding company of phenomenal businesses, amassed by the worlds’ greatest “asset allocator” and my role model, Warren Buffett.
Decentralization at Berkshire is strategic and necessary. “These (managers) […]
Direct to the C-Suite, published in the National Real Estate Investor, describes how SAP Americas Inc, and United Technologies Corp have “synchronized” real estate and corporate strategy.
Rory Johnson 7/13/2007
Over a cup of coffee and a warm meal, a CRE manager recently told the poignant tale of how his former employer, a massive multinational in the paper and publishing industry, reasoned that centralization of the real estate function would be a good thing.
The company was expanding into emerging markets at a brisk pace. […]
Centrally located and surrounded by two lakes, a stream, bike trails and parks, a stodgy manufacturing company in the Twin-Cities occupies one of the cities most attractive redevelopment sites. The awkward buildings and haphazard space program hamper the companies’ communication, weakens culture, and limits process and production. A significant portion of the […]
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