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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

We also found that this greater firm value comes from better corporate innovations and successful diversified M&As. 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. Our findings have broad implications.

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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. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles.

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