And once lead gets into the soil, it stays a long time.

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In almost all cases, we will either have a long lead time or none at all.

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Research expenditures, for example, have a very long lead time.

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Harvard selecting a professor who has been active in promoting business ethics for a long time to lead its Business School then simply serves as tacit acknowledgment that change is coming.

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