Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. Not so fast. The case of Apple is an instructive, if extreme, example.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

But the founders' passionate advocacy of the need to follow a "long-term, innovative approach" resonated with me. Given my sympathy for the "long-term, innovative approach" elucidated by Google in 2004, why am I so opposed to its plan to issue non-voting stock? The ideas being debated in the U.K.

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Planning IPO Proposal Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

We see business as an important force in addressing parts of the commons that drive the economy, particularly in areas such as workforce skills, infrastructure, supplier networks, and ecosystems of entrepreneurship and innovation. Instead, businesses see them as in their longer-term strategic interests.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

In these circumstances, informal networks can be a countervailing force to legitimate power and the long-term interests of the organization. For instance, they can thwart legitimate change efforts that are needed to put the organization on a sounder long-term financial footing. This leads us to take the high ground.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. The bigger the playing field, the more trust, familiarity, and rapport count.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. It has sophisticated functions that together manage user-generated content, the in-depth tracking of consumer buying behavior, and the innovation of new features based on the resulting insights. Permanent cross-functional teams tend to fare better.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

How the most innovative providers are creating value. For these people, hospice is just another emergency service tacked onto the end of a long siege of hospital treatment. They engage patients on their own terms and at their own pace to identify what matters most to them. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care.

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Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

A very different result may be possible, however, as more states and localities authorize the construction of roads that are privately owned and financed, or even sell off existing roads and other infrastructure in order to relieve their own budgetary pressures. The regressive nature of the charges only complicates the politics.

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Politics Health Care Budgeting Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. 2 is this distinction between short-term vs. long-term predictability.

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CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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