Friday, March 25, 2016

How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

 


FINANCE NEWSLETTER Harvard Business Review

March 24, 2016

How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

By Joe Sinfield, Alasdair Trotter


A Refresher on Internal Rate of Return by Amy Gallo

Understand this commonly used way to calculate ROI.


Economic Growth Isn't Over, but It Doesn't Create Jobs Like It Used To by Martin Ford

What the debate over Robert Gordon's latest book misses.


How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger by Mark R. Kramer

Years of enriching shareholders has come home to roost.


Don't Take Money from VCs Until You've Asked 4 Questions by Diane Mulcahy

Due diligence should go both ways.


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