Risk drives reward. We're all familiar with the financial maxim which defines investment return as a function of risk incurred. Can this construct also better describe how we view marketing investments? Organizations showing increased expenditure on stock buybacks and dividends relative to growth investments (advertising/marketing and R&D) tend to be more risk averse.
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