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Transparency Is Key To Removing The Gender Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the authors highlight that around half of full-time employees said they were either formally prohibited or informally discouraged from discussing their salary with peers when asked during 2017 and 2018. Instead, they advocate more collective attempts to educate the workforce on their rights. “I

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

Investors are increasingly seeking firms with long-term growth strategies, rather than ones focused on managing short-term earnings to boost the stock price. trillion in holdings, Fink in February sent a letter to the CEOs of all S&P 500 companies that essentially cut the Gordian knot of short-termism.

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business Review

As of Aug 7 2018, Tesla’s market capitalization (USD 64.75B) exceeded that of BMW (USD 64.36B), despite BMW’s comparable production levels and deliveries of electric cars and significantly higher profits (net income of 10.3B for Tesla as of June 30, 2018). for BMW versus -2.7B Or consider General Electric.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

in early 2018, according to Moody’s. Before 2018, it had the three standard board committees — governance, compensation, and audit — plus a technology and risk committee to cover important areas such as product risk, cybersecurity, and technological innovation. In January of 2018, GE announced that it was taking a $6.2

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Where Both the ACA and AHCA Fall Short, and What the Health Insurance Market Really Needs

Harvard Business Review

Individual markets were troubled prior to the ACA’s enactment in 2010. In 2010, an estimated 9 million adults who had tried to buy a plan in the individual market over the prior three years reported that they were turned down, charged a higher price, or had a condition excluded from their plan because of their health.