SKARBECK: Does focus on stock prices hurt companies in long run?
A new book, “The Shareholder Value Myth,” by Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, is ruffling feathers in the field of corporate governance.
A new book, “The Shareholder Value Myth,” by Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, is ruffling feathers in the field of corporate governance.
The hullabaloo over gay marriage and Chick-fil-A exposes three astonishing falsehoods of modern political economy that distract us from weightier issues.
First in a month-long series of colorful restaurants. This week: Bluebeard.
A vibrant mass transit system is an essential next step to encourage economic development, improve quality of life and make Indianapolis more inviting.
Even something as mundane as a parking garage can make a first impression to a visitor.
The NCAA president and executive board overstepped their authority by imposing very harsh penalties on the Penn State football program and by extension on the entire university.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence is proposing a 10-percent state income tax cut, a growth-spurring step that would benefit more than 90 percent of Hoosier businesses that pay individual income tax, and would give Indiana the lowest combined tax burden in our region.
Some of Washington Street's vitality can be recovered. An urban design plan for the street would identify a framework of existing and future landmarks, edges, open spaces and gateways.
Goodwill’s team members concluded that if they were going to effectively reduce generational poverty and reverse these trends, they had to start with babies, especially with first-time mothers in poverty.
Education reform in Indiana has come to a point where lawmakers need to find ways to attract more of the best and brightest into one of the most important of occupations, particularly as baby boomers retire.
There is no such thing as unbiased advice, and conflicts of interest are not automatically bad. However, it’s up to you to take steps to protect yourself from becoming “skinned” in this jungle.
This summer marks the 50th year of Walmart, America’s manned space exploration and—youthful appearances notwithstanding—your columnist.
Several strong headwinds make future viability of many smaller institutions a questionable proposition.
Dealmakers are in a period of unprecedented uncertainty. Several factors are contributing. Here are questions I get.
It seems that policymakers have created just enough direction to create stress over how to weave test scores into the evaluations of arts teachers.
When compensating teachers based on test scores and other performance measures, how should teachers in fine arts be reviewed?
Like many Hoosiers, I was disappointed that the Supreme Court upheld the mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.
While the top priorities for Congress must be improving our economy and creating jobs, it is also important to ensure the implementation of the Affordable Care Act does not lead to counterproductive results.
Right now you are probably asking yourself: “What would it be like to live in a place with an unemployment rate of 1 percent?”