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Even for Companies, the U.S. Is Split Between Haves and Have-Nots

Harvard Business Review

companies’ return on invested capital (ROIC), and compare it with economy-wide ROIC estimates constructed by Deloitte. Economywide ROIC has trended downward since the 1980s, falling from above 6% in the mid-1960s to 5% in 1980, then to 3% in 1990, and to only a bit more than 1% by 2010. An increasing number of U.S.

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I'm Afraid Bankers Really Do Earn Their Bonuses

Harvard Business Review

Investment banks like GS reward their employees by reserving between 40 to 50 percent of net revenues for compensation. Of course, Goldman Sachs (GS) employees are smarter than the average bear. They also work harder than the average bear. But it's still a fair question: Is Blankfein right to think that they really deserve all that money?

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. Oka had found feedback from US regulators very helpful in his efforts to revive Union Bank and saw an opportunity to do something similar at Nikon.