Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. Since the global financial crisis, a new wave of “constructive,” or friendly, activists (typically referred to as engagement funds) has tackled the same corporate governance issues, but with an explicitly low-key, humbler approach.

ROE 8

ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Regarding the latter, we point to some well-documented and broadly perceived shifts in the geography, demography, and technology of global economic activity. The result has been an economic system built increasingly around the maximization of ROE. This is the "hot money" that Mahathir referred to.

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture. There is no more powerful question in a U.S. Social media spending? Wellness checkups?

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12