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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

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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You Can't Impress Stock Analysts.and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

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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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive.

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Firms Are Wasting Millions Recruiting on Only a Few Campuses

Harvard Business Review

I saw this first hand while researching the hiring practices of top-tier investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms. These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

For example, in the 1990s, leading businesses like 3M adopted concepts like eco-efficiency, focusing on saving and making money through the better management of materials, energy and waste. 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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