Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. Of these, the last indicator is perhaps the most likely to accurately capture a company’s short-termism.

EPS 9

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. With Amazon, though, nobody emphasizes EPS. Wouldn't want to get hung up on flawed financial metrics when there's a world to conquer. Just "check in," mind you.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

I'm sure I asked this next question in the kind of holier-than-thou voice that only a 20-something can conjure: Why would I shift my career from Apple and GoLive (a hot web authoring software) to CAD, where innovation levels and growth were single digit? Nilofer Merchant is a corporate advisor and speaker on innovation methods.

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15