End the Religion of ROE
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2011
There is no more powerful question in a U.S. corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" Conversely, why market cigarettes? ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture.
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