The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 13, 2017
This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Investors punish companies with a short-term orientation by applying higher discount rates to them, which increases the cost of capital for those companies. From 1970 to 2004, the percentage of CEOs hired from outside the firm increased from 12% to 39%.
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