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Sustainable Investment Funds Can Encourage Worse Behavior

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Subsequently, leveraging historical data, the researchers evaluated the responses of the highest and lowest polluting groups to fluctuations in their capital costs, an impact similar to the objectives of the sustainable investing movement. However, she believes that there are more direct methods of effecting change.

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The Complexity of Business Communication

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Compare Michael Porter’s competitive advantage definition: “Competitive advantage, sustainable or not, exists when a company makes economic rents, that is, their earnings exceed their costs (including cost of capital).” Develop skills in story-telling and influence differently.

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Providing Earnings Guidance? Think Again

Harvard Business Review

By helping to fill this analytical void, CFOs can make it more likely that the market will develop expectations that are grounded in reality. Less Volatility in Stock Price: The net effect of providing guidance is arguably a less volatile stock price, which can result in a lower beta and a lower cost of capital. FD) constraints.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Recognizing the growing consumer interest in sustainable products and looking to solve consumer challenges such as high energy costs, CPG companies have developed new products to gain access to this market.

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Why Those Guys Won the Economics Nobels

Harvard Business Review

Campbell’s work has also made liberal use of the analytic tools developed by Hansen. Back in the ‘60s, people developed the capital asset pricing model [CAPM] as a way to do that. The capital asset pricing model was supposed to allow companies to calculate their cost of capital in a consistent way.

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