1. Here we are, when you look at what has happened, what did you do wrong? Asked Rose. Well, ?I don't think the story has yet played out?A lot of tech turnaround adds we do take five, six, seven years;Tiernan Ray, As the Yahoo! Turns: Mayer Defends Strategic Plan,2016
2. Wants Three More Years to Turn Around Yahoo;Douglas See;WSJ,2016
3. Benchmarking to a reference class of projects is less likely for long-term projects since managers typically believe them to be unique. For the importance of using a reference class to restrain overconfidence see Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky, Intuitive Prediction: Biases and Corrective Procedures;12 TIMS STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE,1977