CompaniesChanticleerPrint articleChanticleerAre Boral’s problems bad luck or bad management?Chanticleer is Australia's pre-eminent business column.Updated Feb 4, 2019 – 5.02pm, first published at 12.10pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAre Boral's problems bad luck or bad management?After chief executive Mike Kane delivered the company's third profit downgrade in 12 months on Monday, he got more painful proof that the market isn't stopping to worry about this question.Loading...James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreChanticleerOpinionConstructionBoralLatest In CompaniesFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In ChanticleerThe Australian Financial Review MagazineWhat OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobPaul SmithThis Australian watch reseller is making its move on London and NYCMonica Lewinsky might be the most influential feminist in 30 yearsBOSS Financial ReviewThe 3 traits that stand out among this year’s BOSS Young ExecutivesSally PattenHow this elite child gymnast leapt to the top of SportsbetWhat 18-hour days on a farm taught this NAB exec about bankingLife & LeisureThe secret to Oroton’s $123m turnaround successJessica BeresfordMaison Balzac glassware and bendy candlesticks to light up your homeStep inside this modernist penthouse with 360-degree viewsRich ListThree decades of PMs, fashion icons and the odd person headed for jailBrook TurnerFortescue near settlement with US tycoon after energy deal bust-upAustralia’s 50 Richest Bosses revealed