Welcome to the 2010s. You’re just in time for the move from Sarbanes-Oxley to shareowners.
In a moment, we’ll provide a forecast about what lies ahead for executives, boards, and investors this decade. But first, let’s wallow in hindsight to see how the 2000s—what Time magazine calls the “Decade from Hell”—shaped up for those responsible for companies and shareowners.
The ’00s opened with the market ascending rapidly thanks to what we now know was a dot-com bubble. Fueled by a mixture of optimism, true entrepreneurship, excess, and fraud, the telecommunication, media, and technology sectors were all flying high. Silicon Valley and ...