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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. To help you see what is different in his 2010 letter — I offer a partial list of Buffett principles from last year's letter. But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)?

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Professional Women Still Marginalized

Strategy Driven

Their presence in top management positions today remains below 9 percent. In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. . Book value is not guaranteed.

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5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around

Strategy Driven

Catalyst’s 2010 statistics conclude that companies with a significant percentage of women on their boards performed better than those with no women on their boards—by 84% return on sales, 60% return on invested capital, and 46% return on equity. . Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software. Despite flouting straightforward, widely applicable law in most jurisdictions, Uber usually managed to slow or stop enforcement, in due course changing the law to allow its approach. A Race to the Bottom.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

Using BoardEx data provided by the Center for Corporate Performance, we examined a sample of 1,212 CEOs who led S&P 1500 firms between 2000 and 2010. These connections had to be at least senior managers or higher positions to be considered. Second, increased diversity in the workplace is a central issue of debate.