matrix

If you’re investing in companies with new CEOs, start by placing the appointment on a simple matrix: continuity that restores brand strengths versus continuity that maintains an ailing playbook.

"Mathematically speaking, it is a huge matrix with millions of columns and trillions of rows," Rätsch explains.

Schools that consider legacy preferences give applicants additional credit in this matrix if a parent, or sometimes another close relative, attended the school.

All these things go into the matrix of how I make these decisions.

Then the minister will use a matrix to decide whether to approve or reject any proposal.