The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

Over the mark “A tell-tale sign of whether a CEO has gone over the line between valuable confidence and dangerous overconfidence is when they start to disregard the feedback they are getting and pay less attention to what’s happening elsewhere in their industry,” the researchers explain.

Financial Leverage 118

Financial Leverage CEO Fashion Environment 118

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. We wanted to explore whether the diversity of CEOs’ networks might affect their firms. These connections had to be at least senior managers or higher positions to be considered.

Diversity 11

Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

And the average long-term ROE is more than 25%, reflecting improved efficiency combined with greater reliance on financial leverage at most companies. For the average company, defined as the equity-weighted average of the roughly 1600 companies comprising the Value Line Index, the cost of equity capital is just 8%.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

I'm the CEO of Desso , a European company that makes carpets, carpet tiles and synthetic sports surfaces. But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. I'm also an owner. We did that.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11