Dr. Alex Edmans, an assistant professor at the Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, just released a new analysis demonstrating that companies with high employee satisfaction and recognized by Fortune magazine's "Best Companies to Work For" list, tend to have higher long-term shareholder value. In addition, these "intangibles" appear not to be priced into the short-term valuations of equities (along with other environmental, social and governance issues). This gives investors applying a HIP framework an advantage to buy in at a discount and later benefit if they hold for the longer term.
This study reinforces the tenets of the HIP methodology and approach -
that focusing on Human Impact leads to Profit and shareholder value.
Since employees
are the core engine of a company, the developers of its intellectual
capital, the face to the customer, and the managers of its assets,
the focus of keeping them satisfied (like Southwest Airlines - NYSE:
LUV) will typically result in investor benefits over the long term.
CLICK HERE to read the insightful abstract and download the full fascinating paper.
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