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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. times global GDP).

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