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Dress for the Job You Want?

Harvard Business Review

London's Daily Mail likewise derided the banking giant for " tak[ing] the sexiness out of the City." within large corporations) identified when asked what contributed to, or detracted from, "executive presence" (EP) at their firm. As a result, a lot of up-and-comers badly in need of grooming guidance simply won't get it.

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?Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

Harvard Business Review

But by jumping on the buyback bandwagon — something Steve Jobs refused to do — Apple’s current top management has shown the same lack of strategic vision that has undermined many once-great American companies, including Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Motorola. Apple is a company with phenomenal products and profits.

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Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem

Harvard Business Review

With Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals to encourage longer-term investing , the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season. ” A Review of Relevant Studies. years in 2002 to 7.2 years in 2009.

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