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Don't Blame Your Company's Poor Performance on Its Industry

Harvard Business Review

It was just lousy timing if you happened to be in one of these industries, which were all in the bottom quartile of total shareholder returns (share price change plus dividends paid) in the 10 years through 2012. Indeed, our study shows that the biggest variations in TSR are not between industries but within them. Perhaps by a lot.

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Designing CEO Pay to Drive "Good" Behavior

Harvard Business Review

In Europe, that long-term incentive makes up roughly one-third of the pay. For long-term incentive plans, the dominant measure is total shareholder return (TSR). According to our annual Wall Street Journal / Hay Group CEO pay study , CEOs of the largest U.S. How can that be "bad"? The objective?

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