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

Harvard Business

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Corporate culture. Compensation structure.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. The central effect of QE is not on the real economy, but on financial speculation. As the buyers become less eager and the sellers become more eager, an uneasy period of ‘financial distress’ follows. Top Financial Blog Citations. Burning Platform. Daily Bell.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Improving Financial Performance. In addition to the financial benefits that accrue from increased competitive advantage and innovation as discussed earlier, companies are realizing significant cost savings through environmental sustainability-related operational efficiencies. That conventional wisdom has now reversed.

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My Struggles with Suicide

CaseInterview.com

My strongest and earliest memory of depression and suicidal thoughts occurred in the two years leading up to 2008. In early 2008, it became beyond obvious that the math on the mortgage no longer worked. In 2008, I had failed on every front, and my inner world came crashing down on itself. It was not going well… again. .

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business

You and your founding team used to feel like members of the same small tribe; now you’re working with unfamiliar layers of staff hired from companies whose culture is not like yours. In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia.

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