Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The oft-cited CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman, announced the company's Sustainable Living Plan , saying to investors: "if you don't buy into [our long-term value model], I respect you as a human being, but don't put your money in our company.". Breakthrough Finance. Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR.

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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs. In the EPS world, on-campus “school lists” have two tiers, based largely on prestige. ” How It Works — and How “Regular” Applicants Get Ignored.

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EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Hansen, Herminia Ibarra, and Urs Peyer latest ranking of long-run CEO performance in HBR , Amazon's Jeff Bezos now ranks No. Well, he's a hedge fund veteran who has always taken a skeptical view of Wall Street, treating it more as a loopy rich uncle than the efficient information processor of standard finance theory. In Morten T.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Earlier this year, I asked a CEO of Fortune 100 company how he dealt with analyst pressure. What he said was this: "I don't know any CEO that would want to run a company the way analysts would want us to.". Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I know that finance professors at business schools throughout the nation teach MBAs and executives that, for the sake of economic efficiency, a company should “maximize shareholder value.” We need CEOs like you to take the lead as responsible citizens in articulating a vision of the social investments required for the next generation.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

As a result, despite persistent calls for more long-term behavior from us and from CEOs who share our views, such as Larry Fink of BlackRock and Mark Wiseman, the former head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a genuine debate has continued to rage among economists and analysts over whether short-termism really destroys value.

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Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

This point was underscored by Unilever CEO Paul Polman when he courageously told short-term investors who did not support sustainability efforts not to buy his company’s shares. Whether in politics, finance, or business, there is growing concern that many leaders have lost their moral compass. The Moral Frame.

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Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8