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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business Review

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. For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. Eventually, the company’s share price nosedived.