Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Ackman''s short-selling campaign against vitamin distributor Herbalife has blown up in his face, with the company''s stock up more than 75% since he unveiled his position last December and some of his most prominent hedge fund competitors profiting from his misery. Hedge funds are often criticized as short-term speculators.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

Between 2002 and 2012, the shareholder return of the average airline company rose an uninspiring 5.6% Of the worst-performing industries between 1992 and 2002, almost 60% percent wound up in the top half in the most recent 10-year period. Second, top-quartile companies operate more profitably than other companies.

TSR 8

TSR Industry Company Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

This can be quantified by analyzing the extent to which the share prices of S&P 500 firms are driven by a firm’s present value of future growth options (PVGO) rather than cash flow from current operations. This has long term consequences: these “exploiters” significantly underperform their exploratory peers.

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

billion to acquire the webOS operating system, Hewlett-Packard discontinued its webOS-based series of smartphones and line of Touchpad tablets — losing its bet on a webOS-everywhere future. But in innovation-based industries, chasing synergies and short-term numbers can derail innovation.

Innovation 12

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

When you borrow talent, you obtain what you need more cost effectively than hiring it and without making a long-term commitment; and when you lend talent you’re offering your stars and high-potentials new opportunities for growth and development that they might not otherwise get within the confines of your organization.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In short, this is a crisis of coherence. It's a sign that just as catering only to Wall Street expectations can pull a company into incoherence, following the short-term demands of donors and "growth opportunities" can do the same for a foundation or association.

Crisis 12

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

He’s used them for both short, three-month stints when his company needed extra capacity as well as for more involved, specialized projects that have spanned years. Case study #1: Be sensitive and flexible. Nick Hales, an IT manager at AOMi Ltd based in Reading, U.K., Case study #2: Know what they want. ” he explains.

Management 8

Management Tips Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In short, tax rates are lower for companies in practice than in theory, and the distinction between the U.S. based corporations make up a disproportionately high share of the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s most important corporations (in terms of profits, assets, market capitalization, or sales). Further, U.S.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

physicians working as locum tenens has risen steadily from an estimated 26,000 physicians in 2002 to 48,000 physicians in 2016, or approximately 5% of the physician workforce. pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. Overall, our analysis included approximately 1.82

Quality 8

Quality Survey Short-term Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009. the one-click mobile purchasing app), it is the means through which we get work done (e.g.,

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Disaggregation Development Leadership 8