in 2014 alan murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor, online for "the wall street journal", posted his review of "boards that lead", published by harvard business review press. the authors were ram charan, business advisor, dennis carey, vice chairman of korn ferry, and michael useem, professor at the wharton business school. murray wrote, “not all the book’s examples are success stories. inevitably, messrs. charan, carey and useem devote a few pages to monumental failures. the authors tell the story of the board of motorola inc., which the authors blame for destroying the company. in 2004, it pushed out ceo christopher galvin (a grandson of the founder) just as his strategy was starting to deliver success, then replaced him with ceos who enjoyed some early successes based on mr. galvin’s efforts, and then presided over the company’s decline and breakup.” the authors attribute this blunder to not backing a bet on solid technology or strategy, of which investment in technology had been the heart and soul of the motorola culture, and having a reflexive response to the demands of investors, some of whom where short-term traders.