How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire
Harvard Business Review
MAY 6, 2016
The normal culprits for short-termism are short-term-minded hedge-fund managers and activist shareholders, as well as CEOs worried about big bet investments with uncertain paybacks. Facing headwinds to growth, executives delayed R&D and capital investments to hit three-year free-cash-flow goals.
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