Ms Kanter lacks no skill in writing about business: a former editor of the Harvard Business Review and a professor of management at Harvard Business School, she has edited, written, or contributed to 15 previous books.

ECONOMIST: Confidence game

Michigan University's Kenneth Lieberthal and Bain's Geoffrey Lieberthal, a father and son writing in the Harvard Business Review, blame weak management.

ECONOMIST: We are the champions

He has authored or co-authored articles on the valuation of business enterprises and related subjects that have appeared in various business and professional publications, including Harvard Business Review, Business Horizons, Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, Management World, Family Advocate, YPO Enterprise, Chief Executive, and The Business Valuation Handbook.

FORBES: Growth Stocks Are The Right Choice In This Cyclical Bull Market

The breaking straw was when once, in a management review, we met with the oldest head of a business.

FORBES: Kindness At The Office

This level of board independence does not exactly foster a business culture in which the board is expected to critically review and question management decisions.

FORBES: Japanese Business Culture and Why Good Governance Matters

That was the Moonshots for Management get-together that was described in my article in Harvard Business Review in February 2009.

FORBES: Gary Hamel On Innovating Innovation

Thank you for allowing us the access to management and data that we needed to complete a preliminary review of the Dell business.

ENGADGET: Dell bidding war afoot as Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn both make offers (update: confirmed)