Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

We measured their firm’s value by Tobin’s Q, a ratio between market value of assets to book value of assets. To translate the economic magnitude of this: A 0.017 increase of firm value is equivalent to an $81 million increase in market capitalization for a median-size firm in our S&P 1500 sample.

Diversity 10

Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

MIT Technology Review didn't pick a winner, but on its recent list of top 50 "disruptors," the magazine mixed stalwarts such as General Electric and IBM with up-and-comers, Square and Coursera. Financial leverage (assets over equity). The editors of Fast Company say Nike. Operating efficiency (sales over assets).

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

MIT Technology Review didn't pick a winner, but on its recent list of top 50 "disruptors," the magazine mixed stalwarts such as General Electric and IBM with up-and-comers, Square and Coursera. Financial leverage (assets over equity). The editors of Fast Company say Nike. Operating efficiency (sales over assets).

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. We have, for example, developed a technology to take used carpet material back and separate the bitumen backing from the yarn and sell it to the road and roofing industries.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11