Wal-Mart Posts Positive Results; Can Leadership Make it Last?
Wal-Mart surprised analysts today as it reported better-than-expected earnings, boosting today’s market. Opinions vary as to whether or not Wal-Mart’s latest results will be long term (see article from Trading Price Patterns).
An IntellectSpace Knowledge Map takes a closer look at Wal-Mart’s Board of Directors, revealing the numerous current corporate ties that the company may find to its advantage (Note: the information contained and presented in Knowledge Maps is public information from the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America).
Nearly all of Wal-Mart’s Directors hold Board or Executive positions with other companies in a wide range of industries. James I Cash is shown to be a Director at some big names in the corporate world, including Microsoft and GE, and M Michele Burns serves on the leadership teams of Cisco Systems and Mercer. Other notable ties link Roland A Hernandez to Lehman Brothers and MGM Mirage, James W Breyer to RealNetworks and Marvel, and Aida Alvarez to Deloitte Touche and Fannie May.
The diverse connections and experience of Wal-Mart’s Board of Directors could go far in making the company’s latest positive results the norm in the long term.
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