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Sustainable Investment Funds Can Encourage Worse Behavior

The Horizons Tracker

Sustainable behaviors The researchers scrutinized the emissions records of more than three thousand major corporations spanning the years 2002 to 2020. Alternatively, investors could direct funds to firms that are developing innovative green technologies, such as carbon dioxide removal.

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Academic Reputation Matters When It Comes To Getting Published

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used Vernon Smith, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 to help prove their point. Smith co-authored an article with Sabiou Inoua, a junior scientist, and submitted it to the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

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These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team

Chart Your Course

In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. The finance department is your business foundation so you need it to be one that you can trust. One of the issues that tech innovators find is the mad-genius paradox. You are the linchpin of the company.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. I Think Not.

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Henry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote

Harvard Business Review

We've all been in conversations on the topics of creativity and innovation when Henry Ford's most famous adage is (excuse the pun) trotted out, usually accompanied by a knowing smirk and air of self-evidence. It was better cars, with better financing options. Battle lines are quickly drawn. Closed car models. Annual model changes.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

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Why Do Corporations Need A Single Purpose?

Harvard Business Review

As the Harvard Business School's Michael Jensen put the argument in a 2002 article , "Any organization must have a single-valued objective as a precursor to purposeful or rational behavior. It is logically impossible to maximize in more than one dimension at the same time. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.".