Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

While novices are urged to start small and do their due diligence and research prior to getting involved with investments, there is a reason why some people choose to jump right in. Learning More as You Hit Your Investment Benchmarks. The first benchmark may be $1,000, or $10,000 or some other relatively low amount.

Goal 69

Goal Benchmarking Due Diligence Marketing 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The standard offers companies a structure for setting up or benchmarking an effective anti-bribery program aligned with its own risk profile, and building a culture that values ethical behavior. This carries benefits and risks — bribery by a business partner being one of them.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

per annum from 1990 to 2009, exceeded its benchmark by an annual 2.1% CEOs should actively court desirable investors. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, for instance, embraces an "active owner" philosophy and manages a concentrated portfolio where the top 10 holdings account for nearly 30% of the C$31 billion allocated to listed equities.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Brown conducted the due diligence required of a director candidate. From the inception of Motorola Solutions stock at the end of 2010, its price rose by some 90 percent over the next three years, roughly twice the rise of the S&P 500 benchmark. Would the new activist be strategically aligned and prove to be a good fit?

Hostile Takeover 8

Hostile Takeover Chief Financial Officer Due Diligence Charan 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Monitoring and measuring along the way provides performance benchmarks that allow people to see how they are doing at any given point. Others do due diligence to the review and have meaningful conversations around peformance, expectations, and the like. This does not mean that you have to concentrate on this all of the time.

Performance Review 40

Performance Review Review PR Blanchard 40

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. Next, do your due diligence (or homework) on the stock. Perhaps they are like my friend and colleague who is a partner at a well-regarded institutional investment firm.

Finance 8

Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Again, being bankers, the obvious first step was due diligence. At the same time, we began working with the Human Rights Campaign, which in 2002 had created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

Policies 15

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Again, being bankers, the obvious first step was due diligence. At the same time, we began working with the Human Rights Campaign, which in 2002 had created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees.

Policies 8

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 8