Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

I talked with Joe Knight, author of the HBR TOOLS: Return on Investment and co-founder and owner of www.business-literacy.com , to learn more about these ratios and how managers can use them. A service business may have expensive computer and IT systems. What is Return on Equity (ROE)? ” How do companies use ROA and ROE?

ROE 8

ROE Banking Industry Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In Japan several factors combine to help insulate managers from outside influence, including cross-holdings where the company owns shares in a partner firm, docile boards mostly composed of company executives, and a court system historically biased against investment funds. By and large, they failed.

ROE 8

ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

"We have a dysfunctional corporate governance system in the United States and nobody can attack it and nobody can do anything about it because it's like the feudal system." That's Carl Icahn, in a fascinating interview with Reuters BreakingViews (thanks to Jeff Glekin and Lucy Marcus for pointing me to it).

Company 9

Company ROE Price CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The Android operating system has been outselling Apple's iOS by nearly a 5:1 ratio. Put another way, Apple's UX metric seems to encourage ROE — Return on Engagement — where Android emphasizes ease-of-use and opportunity. Mobile designer Luke Wroblewski captures the conundrum perfectly: What explains. The numbers don't lie.

ROE 10

ROE Metrics Download Comparison 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Whether one agrees with quotas as a mechanism for an increase or not (spoiler: men are less likely to ), a new look at Norway, which has a mandatory quota system of 40%, is helpful in understanding why having at least three women on a board is important. Higher quality monitoring of and guidance to management.

Osgood 8

Osgood ROE Diversity Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

He cited the International Monetary Fund's 1997 judgment that "Malaysia is a good example of a country where the authorities are well aware of the challenges of managing the pressures that result from high growth and of maintaining a sound financial system amidst substantial capital flows and a booming property market."

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11