Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

With the cost of capital back to normal levels, it’s simply irresponsible not to make it a management discipline that changes the way you do business. That staggering difference attests not just to the value created by managing with economic profit, but also to the value squandered by ignoring it.

EPS 22

EPS Cost of Capital Strategy Cost 22

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

According to one former employee, “Management made it clear that no employee was allowed to complain about the unethical practices that were going on within the branch.”. There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. CEO John Stumpf set the tone.

Competitive Advantage 92

Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. On the surface, this measure looks reasonable.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

within large corporations) identified when asked what contributed to, or detracted from, "executive presence" (EP) at their firm. Indeed, half the women surveyed and 37% of the men considered appearance and EP to be intrinsically linked; they understood that if you don't look the part of a leader, you're not likely to be given the role.

EPS 15

EPS Banking Handbook Micromanagement 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds. This is a situation that cannot endure.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations. Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR.

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. It's a strategic and operational straight-jacket. Wouldn't it be more personally rewarding for them — and all the layers of management beneath them — to build and lead fundamentally more profitable organizations (versus maximizing short-term profits)?

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8