CEO Blog

JUNE 12, 2013

I spend some of my time on short term issues and some on longer term. I consider going to a seminar day like today as a "long term" use of time. At the same time, there is high pressure to be insightful in Tweets (#wif2013) and Blogs. And there will be lots of blog posts today. It inspires me. He is speaking now.

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Henderson Innovation Short-term Competitive Advantage 150

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 10, 2011

Guest panellists David Anderson (The Anderson Governance Group), Sharon Ranson (The Ranson Group) and Holly Henderson (Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation) shared their best tips and here’s a roundup for those who weren’t able to snag one of our limited seats. . Be sure you feel great about the cause.

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Henderson How To Committee Tactics 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

Here’s a conundrum: On the one hand, there’s a consensus among thoughtful business leaders that too many companies are sacrificing long-term growth on the altar of smooth, reliable short-term earnings. I spoke with Professor Henderson about their research. What follows is an edited version of our conversation.

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Short-term Henderson Long-term Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We then virtually convened the project’s advisers for a roundtable discussion about what they viewed as the major issues raised in the interviews, and their own counsel for executives wishing to create long-term value through a sustainable business agenda. That needs to change.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Short-term rewards too often take precedence over the longer-term interests and viability of a company. We’ve enlisted prominent thinkers and leading CEOs who understand that sustainable business practices are in a company’s long-term interests. Our advisers: Rebecca Henderson. by Forest L. Paulson Jr.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2015

Back in the early 1960s, the great Boston Consulting Group founder and strategy theorist Bruce Henderson asserted that there was only one way to successfully compete: gain a relative market share advantage over all competitors so as to have lower costs than all of them. Japan has had keiretsu for a long time. Photo by Andrew Nguyen.

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Competitive Advantage Porter Henderson Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? As BCG’s founder, Bruce Henderson, once stated , “The first definition of a problem is inescapably intuitive. We’ve spoken to leaders who express such a vision — and companies such as Amazon and Alibaba are already beginning to make it a reality.

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Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8