Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Ask anyone in technology. Despite the inevitability of this “smart” future, today only a small portion of businesses regularly merge data and physical products. There’s no depreciation schedule for data — despite the fact that we know data can become obsolete over time.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Cost cutting and process improvements always have their place, but on their own accord don't constitute a sustainable business model. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. What say you? Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Inventory depreciates and must be moved around. And equipment must be maintained in a world that is becoming virtual and augmented by technology (VR and AR). For example, Health Technology had an average multiple of 5.1, And, given the rapid and continuing virtualization of assets by technology, we suspect there never will be.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Business Model Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

For instance, McKinsey considered a smaller ratio of capital expenditure to depreciation to indicate short-term thinking, because it’s assumed that short-term companies will invest less, and less consistently, than other companies. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The current financial accounting model fails today’s companies in yet another respect. In a previous HBR article , we argued that, in contrast to physical assets that depreciate with use, intangible assets might enhance with use. This actually implies negative depreciation expense in accounting parlance.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The HBR article describes how B&N moved on multiple fronts at once: It aggressively reduced costs in its core retail business while refocusing its stores around consumer needs. It's only this year, for the first time, that services revenue surpassed technology revenue. Look at profit margin trends.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. If they are unwilling to adapt and learn, the entire organization stalls. He was right.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. If they are unwilling to adapt and learn, the entire organization stalls. He was right.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

Blog 413

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. mikemyatt: More thx @BradAustin1 @LeadershipWatch @GBSL. mikemyatt: RT/mention thx @AMAnet @SmartBrief @Leadersh.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

Today we live in a world that is increasingly shaped by exponentially improving digital technologies that are accelerating change, increasing uncertainty, and driving performance pressure on a global scale. In a world of exponential change, existing knowledge depreciates at an accelerating rate.

Operations 10

Operations Efficiency Depreciation Learning-by-Doing 10

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Leaders need to remember themselves why they care about the organization – Sometimes this means they have to “get back in touch&# with the basics of things like their customer’s voice, revisit the business model in action, and keep feedback loop fresh with the front line. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 406

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” They are becoming costs of doing business that must be paid by all but provide distinction to none.”

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Better Place''s most visible and best-publicized innovation was its switchable battery technology, a novel way to overcome the short-range limits and long recharge times dictated by existing battery technology. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

When the marketplace began to see through the spin and the vapor, all the fun and games in the world couldn’t save a flawed business model…The fun was over and the culture ceased to exist. Many a company has put so much emphasis on culture that culture simply became their business as opposed to strengthening their business.

Blog 366

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

I can’t help clients lead change if my business model is antiquated or static. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. Spare me the slick info-product sales people, and give me authentic, professional practitioners of the art and science of leadership. I have long believed in eating my own cooking.

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