Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. We believe that a next step for investors is to analyze the predictors and drivers of these intangible factors, which means focusing on leadership. But too often, assessments of leadership are haphazard and narrow.

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Update: Politico's Ben White did have a brief testimonial from hedge fund manager and Goldman client Whitney Tilson this morning.) Then the combination of bigger paychecks and higher college and grad school tuition began driving the best students into finance. Do you think our guys could have invented, say, credit default swaps?

Hedge 15

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Eliminating stock-based compensation would help reduce the incentive for executive leadership to focus on the short term. Many companies face quarterly or even more immediate pressure from their shareholders (increasingly made up of hedge funds, program traders, and day traders) to deliver short-term performance.

Long-term 16

Long-term Company Short-term Hedge 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power. Leadership in these organization demands humility and a willingness to convert trust in numbers into acts of faith. CEOs and executive leaderships should be wary of mashing up or hybridizing these separate approaches. CEOs and their boards need to monitor that closely.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

The hedge fund founded and run by billionaire Paul Singer just announced that it now owns 6.2% attempt to change the leadership and strategic direction of the company. Most activist hedge funds are simply pushing a less extreme version of the same basic idea. Finance Tech industry Technology' It’s not all good news.

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. This would come at a delicate time for the European economy, making it more difficult for leaders to assemble coalitions to back complex EU reforms to put European finance on sound long-term footing.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9