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CEOs Must Model the Behavior for Creating Societal Value

Harvard Business Review

He changed "Market Total Shareholder Return" (M-TSR)" to "Operating Total Shareholder Return (O-TSR)." M-TSR measured the market return to shareholders based on the stock price appreciation plus dividends over a three-year period.

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Designing CEO Pay to Drive "Good" Behavior

Harvard Business Review

For example, most financial analysts would say that the drivers of share price in the U.S. For long-term incentive plans, the dominant measure is total shareholder return (TSR). All told, this leaves very little room for measurements that aren't stock price-driven. bonus plans, according to our research. The objective?

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Don't Blame Your Company's Poor Performance on Its Industry

Harvard Business Review

It was just lousy timing if you happened to be in one of these industries, which were all in the bottom quartile of total shareholder returns (share price change plus dividends paid) in the 10 years through 2012. Indeed, our study shows that the biggest variations in TSR are not between industries but within them.

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The Best Indian CEO List: Youth and Education Rank High

Harvard Business Review

Naveen Jindal turned around the Raigarh sponge iron mill through a backward integration strategy that insulated JSPL from price volatility in commodity markets, thereby boosting profitability. Buoyed by this success, JSPL has now set very ambitious investment plans in iron ore mining, steel production and power generation. billion).

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