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The Answer to Short-Termism Isn’t Asking Investors to Be Patient

Harvard Business Review

Toyota has a class of shares that gives investors “loyalty dividends” if they hold onto them for five years. Critically, short-term selling by shareholders need not entail short-term behavior by managers. An influential 1992 HBR article by Michael Porter advocated the Japanese model of long-term illiquid stakes.

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The Skills Doctors and Nurses Need to Be Effective Executives

Harvard Business Review

Having managed or worked with clinical leaders in care-delivery organizations, the pharmaceutical industry, and government, I have observed three skills that are critical to the success of doctors and nurses as they make the transition to management: Operations management and execution. People leadership.

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HBR's Best Videos, Infographics, Podcasts, and Slideshows of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Our most-watched video was " Rethinking Capitalism " with Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. Every December, we collect our favorite management insights from each interviewee into this slideshow. Fred Reichheld explained how to increase customer loyalty the way that Apple does. The Trouble with Salespeople.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. ” Improving risk management.