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We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Strategy | Report
9 August 2020 - R&D spending, especially long-horizon R&D project spending, faces a unique set of short-term pressures relative to other types of long-term investment. When facing short-term financial pressures, behavioral biases including manager risk aversion and uncertainty around forecasting potential future returns (among other...
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Investor-Corporate Engagement | Report
25 June 2020 - Having a strong investor/corporate dialogue well before an activist campaign arises is the way to encourage companies to proactively improve the drivers of long-term value creation—such as bolstering their governance, honing strategies for growth, and...
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Incentive Alignment | Report
15 May 2020 - Ensuring assets are managed in line with these long-term horizons is critical to achieving these goals. This presents a challenge, however, because assets are often managed by asset managers, distinct from the asset owners, and...
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Governance, Strategy | Report
23 April 2020 - Taking a long-term approach in business leads to superior performance.
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Investor-Corporate Engagement | Report
15 April 2020 - While some companies take a “one share, one vote” approach to shareholder decision-making, others give disproportionate voting rights to founders or choose to offer multiple share classes, each with different voting power.
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6 March 2020 - Highlights from the 2020 Focusing Capital on the Long Term Summit
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26 December 2019 - 2019 Year in Review, which captures our notable research publications, global programming, and the contributions of the Member organizations that have guided us in 2019.
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Governance, Strategy | Report
18 December 2019 - A company's CFO has a unique ability to drive long-term value creation for the organization.
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29 September 2019 - Through our research, FCLTGlobal aims to identify the key determinants of long-term success for companies and investors around the world. We then use this knowledge to encourage long-term behaviors across capital markets. This paper focuses on...
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Governance | Report
29 March 2019 - It’s hard to focus on long-term goals with so many pressing, market-driven demands for quick rewards and quarterly projections. But companies that prioritize long-term needs tend to outperform peers that bow to short-term market pressure,...
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Investor-Corporate Engagement | Report
21 February 2019 - Roadmaps have a proven record at leading companies, and evidence suggests that the majority of investors (especially long-term investors) prefer this approach. By focusing on key elements of performance such as competitive advantages, long-term objectives,...
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Strategy | Report
1 February 2019 - Public markets continue to be an essential driver of wealth creation, innovation, and capital stability for high-performing companies. Despite the short-term pressures of public markets, the best-managed companies can and do take advantage of the...
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