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Are Bosses Always Over-Confident?

The Horizons Tracker

Strategic nonconformity was measured on any deviation from industry-level means across six categories, including inventory levels, advertising intensity, R&D intensity, and financial leverage. By contrast, when these bosses operate in environments that are not dynamic, they’re more likely to follow the pack.

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Unlocking Financial Freedom with Personify Loans

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In an era of financial unpredictability, securing the right loan can be a game-changer. Whether you’re looking to fund your dream home, start a new business venture, or consolidate existing debts, the right loan can provide the financial leverage needed to achieve your goals.

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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Priscilla writes: “ Your business foundation includes all the assumptions upon which you developed your operating model, processes, marketing, manufacturing, products, and services. A seemingly small change in any one of these can threaten your viability and weaken your financial leverage.

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The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

We find that firms making investments and improving their performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues exhibit better stock market performance and profitability in the future. For investors, this suggests that there is substantial value from analyzing non-financial data and incorporating it into their decisions.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

These “buy, fix, manage, and then sell” PE firms were essentially umbrella holding companies while the acquired firms would become better managed before returning to the public market. KKR, BlackRock, Blackstone) became publicly traded holding companies exploiting capital markets to expand their reach.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

We measured their firm’s value by Tobin’s Q, a ratio between market value of assets to book value of assets. To translate the economic magnitude of this: A 0.017 increase of firm value is equivalent to an $81 million increase in market capitalization for a median-size firm in our S&P 1500 sample.

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

Financial leverage (assets over equity). With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Operating efficiency (sales over assets). After all, half of the top 20 companies traded on U.S.