Many of these podcasts seem to deliver nearly identical information to the journal (essentially serving as a headline and abstract reading service), and when additional information is offered (such as author interviews), it tends to be dry and only intermittently intelligible.

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Making the information harder to read induced abstract thinking.

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That is why, rather than reacting to each thing in front of their nose in a random fashion, CEOs derive a single abstract strategy from an analysis of all the information available about the company, the market, the suppliers, and the competitive and economic environments, organized toward a single purpose: Maximization of long-term shareholder wealth.

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