Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

Yet the introduction of the “benefit corporation” gives leaders an opportunity to remake our business culture, and perhaps save the planet from our very human short-term bias. This paradigm is often called the “ shareholder primacy ” model, and it underlies our capital markets and business models.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Much has been made in recent years about the pernicious influence of short-term investors on corporate performance. I believe these arguments often miss a nuance: It is not the short-term investor but short-term management that is the problem. Indirectly though, these short-term traders can destroy value.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

But Motorola’s markets were transforming in the mid-2000s, and chief executive Greg Brown and his board decided in March 2008 that the company should be split in two: Motorola Mobility would take its mobile phones and related devices, and Motorola Solutions its mission-critical data and communication products.

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