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You Can't Impress Stock Analysts.and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

If you believe the best-selling business books from the last 25 years, companies are "In Search of Excellence" or trying to go from "Good to Great." Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Political analyst George Lakoff, notably in his book Don’t Think of an Elephant! , Firms like these have created tools like Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) statements and Social Return on Investment (SROI) to capture a more complete picture of their businesses. The Moral Frame.

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