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Linking Executive Pay To Climate Change Metrics

The Horizons Tracker

Unlike traditional metrics like TSR (total shareholder return), climate-linked incentives in the energy industry so far do not include evaluation against a peer group,” the researchers explain. “As Indeed, a number of high-profile firms, such as BHP and Shell have done so in recent years.

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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. Strategy' For them, industry was not destiny.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business Review

During the Immelt era, the dominant mode had been of strategy by way of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including most recently the disastrous merger of the GE oil and gas business with Baker Hughes in 2016. In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool.

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The Best Indian CEO List: Youth and Education Rank High

Harvard Business Review

Naveen Jindal turned around the Raigarh sponge iron mill through a backward integration strategy that insulated JSPL from price volatility in commodity markets, thereby boosting profitability. Buoyed by this success, JSPL has now set very ambitious investment plans in iron ore mining, steel production and power generation. billion).

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How This Lingerie Store Boosted its Bottom Line, Despite the Downturn

Harvard Business Review

While this may not have been one of Journelle's most profitable customer interactions, it was conducted in faithful adherence to the company's strategy statement to "make women feel amazing every day.". The findings revealed that a group of companies emerged with higher total shareholder return (TSR) than their peers post-recession.

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How This Lingerie Store Boosted its Bottom Line, Despite the Downturn

Harvard Business Review

While this may not have been one of Journelle's most profitable customer interactions, it was conducted in faithful adherence to the company's strategy statement to "make women feel amazing every day.". The findings revealed that a group of companies emerged with higher total shareholder return (TSR) than their peers post-recession.

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