Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

How easy is it to change a flawed economic or governance system, such as our current 1.5-planets-and-counting We'd see more corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing and sustainability reporting, but overall the outcome would be little more than a set of patches on the existing, dysfunctional system.

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). The digital revolution — the “mother of all technology developments”— marks a fork in the road.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009.

CEO 8

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 8