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Should a CEO’s Bonus Be Based on Financial Performance Alone?

Harvard Business Review

On November 9, 2016, the shareholders of Australia’s largest company, and the world’s tenth-largest bank , revolted. The Commonwealth Bank appeared to shareholders as simply putting out a fire. ” The Commonwealth Bank is one among many firms around the globe that is forging new ground.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business Review

Many have strategy heads, who are ex-dealmakers at investment banks, whose default assumption is that if the company has a performance problem, the natural fix is to buy and/or sell something. The approach of seeing strategy as the act of rejuggling one’s corporate portfolio of businesses is common in the large modern corporation.

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