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Beware of Short-term Management, Not the Short-term Investor

Harvard Business Review

Moreover, I fail to see any argument why such short-term traders, by themselves, destroy value for the economy as a whole. Clearly, some of these traders could get very rich even while others lose money, but these trades — unless they influence operators within companies — amount to little more than robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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Only the CEO Can Make the Big Bets

Harvard Business Review

But instead of trusting our "educated gut" and making the bet, we used traditional market research to ask customers in those segments what they thought about the idea right now! And using net-present-value estimates for "beginning" ideas is nuts. Skating to where the puck is now is not being customer-driven.

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How to Choose the Ideas Your Company Should Invest In

Harvard Business Review

Can we get to the market without any technological miracles? After exploration, there are lots of ways to plan, but at the very least a good plan details the target customer, crucial stakeholders, the essence of the idea, key economics, the commercialization path, proposed operations, the team, financial requirements, and the action plan.

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What Shareholder Value is Really About

Harvard Business Review

First, he or she needs to internalize the true meaning of creating shareholder value. Second, he or she needs to understand how capital markets work. Creating Shareholder Value. Critics imply that managing for shareholder value is all about maximizing the short-term stock price. Understanding Capital Markets.

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Why Quants Should Manage Your Supply Chain Risk

Harvard Business Review

When Thai flooding created significant shortages in the hard disc drive market, manufacturers lost millions of dollars. These supply chain-related risk costs are present every day that managers come to work. The former refers to costs that are visible and recorded within the company (e.g.,

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Will You Be Writing Off Your Investment in Egypt?

Harvard Business Review

For decades multinational corporations have poured hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investments into emerging markets , sometimes preferring the investment climate of "stable" authoritarian regimes over "messy" democracies. Certainly the money at stake is substantial. Vinod K.

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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? Buffett explains that book value is the best proxy for "intrinsic value," the net present value of all estimated future cash flows. Consider that since 1965, Berkshire's book value grew 434,057% and the S&P index grew only 5,430%.

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