The Practical Leader
JANUARY 23, 2012
The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. “When we compared pairs of Fortune 100 companies within the same industry, we found that those with higher scores on the Good Company Index outperformed their peers in the stock market over periods of one, three, and five years.”
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 28, 2017
First, individuals focus on short time horizons and thus underprepare for future threats. In short, the insurance industry is adapting in order to profit from climate risk, and in doing so it will help society adapt as well. Third, people are over-optimistic and thus underestimate their own risk exposure.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Why stock prices do what they do over the short term is an enduring mystery , and I’m not going to claim to solve it here. For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 15, 2014
The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. Accordingly, it has systematically published figures about the evolution of its business portfolio in terms of sales by segment (e.g.,
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2012
There have been national controversies where nearly everyone involved was pursuing a short-sighted agenda yet eventually supported a long-term solution that benefited all sides. Each CEO won support from executives throughout his industry. They could then parcel out the costs and benefits so each camp would gain on balance.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2015
From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. The questions represent a short version of the survey I use with my students. It protects you from being clueless about the political dynamics that so often kill good ideas. Have lunch.
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