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A Study of Hospitals Found That Outsider CEOs Make Their Organizations More Productive in the Long Run

Harvard Business

Prior studies have two common methodological limitations. Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. Using a 3-to-1 matching of hospitals with no change as a comparison, we analyzed 1,640 firms in all.

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Is Corporate Short-Termism Really a Problem? The Jury’s Still Out

Harvard Business

The observation that many “unicorn” companies with no profits — and sometimes no revenues or even fully developed products — get valued so highly makes me skeptical of the idea that the capital market is systematically myopic. It has a reasonable methodology.

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Are You Accurately Measuring Your Company’s Digital Strength?

Harvard Business

Whether improving omni-channel commerce or developing digital extensions to product lines, businesses are working out how to drive profitability through digital. But traditional metrics might underestimate the impact of digital, leaving companies vulnerable to aggressive competitors or pure-play disruptors. Digital momentum.

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