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CEOs Must Model the Behavior for Creating Societal Value

Harvard Business Review

CEOs can use both signals and systems as powerful levers in tilting the focus of their company toward long-term societal value creation — which will take care of their shareholders perfectly well. He changed "Market Total Shareholder Return" (M-TSR)" to "Operating Total Shareholder Return (O-TSR)."

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

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In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. greater annualized total shareholder return (TSR) 7.7% The hike is long, tiring, and full of obstacles. Long view: Can we continue to work toward this for years to come?

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. greater annualized total shareholder return (TSR). The hike is long, tiring, and full of obstacles. Long view: Can we continue to work toward this for years to come?

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Don't Blame Your Company's Poor Performance on Its Industry

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, our study shows that the biggest variations in TSR are not between industries but within them. But the TSR variations of companies within these industries were far greater: 44 percentage points in tobacco and 69 percentage points in computers and peripherals. For them, industry was not destiny. So how do the winners do it?

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Should a CEO’s Bonus Be Based on Financial Performance Alone?

Harvard Business Review

” Take, as an example, the world’s largest mining company by market capitalization, BHP Billiton. Specifically, to help modify the bank’s culture to match its stated values, the Remuneration Committee and Board recommended a change to the reward split: TSR 50%, customer satisfaction 25%, and people and community 25%.

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The Best Indian CEO List: Youth and Education Rank High

Harvard Business Review

The first-ever ranking of Indian CEOs based on the long-term shareholder returns they generate (available here and published in Business Today , an Indian business magazine) provides an interesting answer. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center, The Next Generation of Global Leaders. Who are the best-performing CEOs in India?

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