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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. These indicators and hypotheses were: Investment: The ratio of capex to depreciation. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive. We calculate that U.S.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

In PPP terms, the US invested $86 billion in 2015, which is roughly 62 times the amount invested in the UK in the same period. The US leads the way, investing heavily in robotics and automation. By contrast, the UK languishes behind peers such as Japan, Germany and the US.

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