Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2011
There is no more powerful question in a U.S. corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" 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. Social media spending?
Harvard Business Review
MAY 28, 2018
Yet investors can be a powerful strategic resource, providing not only capital but also less-biased insight into the threats and opportunities that a company encounters. It would implement targets linked to shareholder value, including ROE and ROIC.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2011
Regarding the latter, we point to some well-documented and broadly perceived shifts in the geography, demography, and technology of global economic activity. And at the time, as industrial technology appeared, it afforded many good opportunities to invest in such assets at high expected returns.
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