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A Model for Focusing Executives on Long-term Value Creation

Harvard Business Review

For several decades there has been an ongoing debate about how to get executives to focus on the long-term creation of value. Short-term holders of equity securities are simply expressing an opinion on the short-term price movement of the security. Success must be measured over an appropriately long time frame.

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Make Your Work Resolutions Stick

Harvard Business Review

This is the time to “think small”— both in terms of the number of objectives and the timeframe in which you plan to accomplish them, according to Weintraub. While at least one of your goals ought to involve developing an area of weakness, Weintraub cautions against getting hung up on self-improvement. Be realistic.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

Three things allow firms like Amazon and Renault to succeed in India’s consumer market: The first is their CEOs’ strategic and long-term commitment to the market. The country has over 350 million smart phones and this number is growing 25% CAGR. The country is in a tech startup boom.

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How We Think About Innovation at Cisco

Harvard Business Review

In the manufacturing sector alone, market intelligence firm IDC expects the IoT market to grow to about $100 billion by 2018, a five-year combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. To keep up, new standards, architectures, and infrastructures will have to develop at the same pace. Internal diversity.