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High Expectations: Managing For Value In The Automotive Industry

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Since shareholder value is driven by investor expectations of future cash flow and EP growth (See S&P 500 Warranted Value of Discounted Economic Profits vs. Actual Traded Value chart, below), EP has been used as the profitability metric for AlixPartners’ Automotive Value Creation study. ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING TOP-QUARTILE PERFORMANCE.

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Talent Strategy: ‘It’s About Being Intentional’

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Many companies, in fact, moved both by the tightening labor market and cheaper borrowing, went on hiring sprees in 2021, only to have to announce layoffs a few months later amid falling stock prices and higher interest rates. And the already significant fixed costs of adding staff are only getting steeper. This year’s 4.8