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Campeau
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Strategic PatternGrowth Companies in Disguise
Decision FrameworkHistory Over Accounting as Foundation
Capital StrategyLearn-Earn-Return Lifecycle of Capital
Cornerstone MoveCompounding Requires Never Spending the Capital
Risk DoctrinePanic-Proof Through Private Valuation
Decision FrameworkCheap Stocks Deserve Their Price Until Proven Otherwise
Signature MoveShelby Jr: Small-Cap Contrarian After Bear Markets
Cornerstone MoveCrisis Creates Opportunity: Buy When Blood Runs
Signature MoveShelby Cullom Davis: Dowager's Living Room Portfolio
Cornerstone MoveOwn the Money Business, Never the Factory
Cornerstone MoveDavis Double Play: Earnings Growth Plus Multiple Expansion
Risk DoctrineEmerging Market Enthusiasm as Charitable Donation
Signature MoveDavis Sr: Margin as Focus Fuel Not Just Leverage
Signature MoveDavis Sr: Silver Bullet Competitor Question
Strategic PatternFlanking Around Entrenched Giants
Identity & CultureLoyalty Bought with Friday Paychecks
Relationship LeverageBoard Seats as Reconnaissance Posts
Cornerstone MoveSell the Company to Itself — Internal Reverse Takeovers
Competitive AdvantageClassified Stock as Control Multiplier
Cornerstone MoveFind the Key Man and Close Before Combat
Operating PrincipleCash Business Preference from Bus Roots
Strategic PatternConcentrated Diversity Over Grab-Bag Portfolios
Signature MoveWin Small, Consolidate, Then Leap Geometrically
Signature MoveWallpaper-Roll Planning Then Relentless Pressure
Cornerstone MoveBuy Cheap Shells, Strip and Reload the Portfolio
Operating PrinciplePool-of-Light Negotiation Theater
Relationship LeveragePolitical Access Without Political Office
Signature MoveDebt as Temporary Tool, Never Permanent Foundation
Capital StrategyDividends as Upward Cash Escalator
Signature MoveChief of Staff Handles Architecture, Boss Handles Vision
Decision FrameworkAcquire Capacity, Never Build in Inflation
Signature MovePocket the Stake, Play with Winnings Only
Primary Evidence
"Campeau."
Source:The Davis Dynasty
"Also working against Campeau’s hopes for financing from within Power were the legal limits on the extent to which an insurance company could participate in an affiliated company (Great-West and Imperial Life were in the Power fold). As well, Power policies on inter-corporate dealings wouldn’t allow major internal financing or cross-guaranteeing of loans to other divisions or subsidiaries. In sum, Campeau found himself in a worse, rather than better, situation to acquire financing. Further, he had lost control of his company and couldn’t direct its destiny."
Source:Rising to Power - Paul Desmarais & Power Corporation