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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
historians in recent years, academic research on business groups has, to date, remained within the boundary of emerging markets. The major aim of this volume is to explore the long-term evolution of different varieties of large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
among elementary school students in math and science, painted a grim picture. Furthermore, in spite of the wealth created by many high-tech Israeli firms, socioeconomic gaps in the country had widened. A two-tier economy had formed. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
organizations around the world was delivered to the IMF's managing director in the first week of September, 2009 (Lombardi, 2009). Long-term governance reforms are central to the Bank's legitimacy as a global public institution. At the... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
total. In 2007, corporate R&D spending was $6.43B, or almost 17% of net sales. Novartis executive leaders believe in scientific progress and that large-scale investments in science will therefore result in long-term pay-offs in terms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
some long-term growth for the sake of the short-term interests of some stakeholders, so be it.” Are free trade notions repeatedly victim to short-term thinking? What do you think? Original Column Free trade as a component of a free market... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
this moment in European countries with their more "humane" laws regarding employment? Or are we confronting a crisis of "identity" so critical that some kind of effort will be well worth the long-term benefits that it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
results versus long-term capabilities. The first four chapters try to help the reader understand that managers are playing a very delicate balancing act. And perhaps the most fundamental tension is the one between profit, growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
maintaining a long-term strategic plan is of value in thwarting such investors. Executives and directors are advised to analyze their corporations from the point of view of an activist investor, to create harmony within the board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
short-termism is associated with various proxies for earnings management, suggesting that our proxy partially captures opportunistic behavior. We also show that firms focusing more on the short-term have a more short-term oriented investor base and fewer analysts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when the government funds itself with relatively more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and vice-versa. This type of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
conditions will not last. The economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will extend for years. The “K-shaped” recovery in the US has insulated professional classes but created financial insecurity on the lower rungs that could hurt spending and,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
methodologies such as machine learning. We highlight the importance of distinguishing between which customers are at risk and which should be targeted—as they are not necessarily the same customers. We identify trade-offs between reactive and proactive retention... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their long-term success-and yet the matter gets short shrift in most... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
change their companies' values, build healthier relationships with investors, revamp incentive systems to create long-term value, and develop stronger succession plans. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
financial performance, they overlook the greatest unmet needs in the market as well as broader influences on their long-term success. Why else would companies ignore the well-being of their customers, the depletion of natural resources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and Rajgopal, 2005) and their stated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
economic uncertainty of the time and emphasizing the importance of focusing on creating long-term value. The stock immediately lost 8 percent of its value, but Polman saw no other way out of the dilemma between catering to short-term... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
practices have on the long-term stability of the economy and the interests of beneficiaries in financial, social, and environmental sustainability. This volume provides a global and multi-faceted commentary on the evolving standards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne