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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

For example, GE incubated an energy storage company (“ Durathon ”), which has gone from the lab to a $100 million business in five years. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives. Says Comstock, “You have to believe that energy storage has a big future.”

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Many traditional companies realize the potential for disruptions in their business models from the likes of Alphabet and Amazon.

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