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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. .—while

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Recognizing the growing consumer interest in sustainable products and looking to solve consumer challenges such as high energy costs, CPG companies have developed new products to gain access to this market.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive. We calculate that U.S. rate for other companies.