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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia. Creative accounting measures. Are all share repurchases myopic?

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