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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business Review

They’re also more profitable, more innovative, and they pay better. One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. Technology is clearly part of it, as is the trend toward intangible investment.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. McKinsey’s margin growth measure classified firms that report higher earnings growth than revenue growth as myopic. Corporate culture.

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Ad Blocking’s Unintended Consequences

Harvard Business Review

In my experience from working at an advertising technology company, the reasons are clear: they are easy to install and immediately effective, they make the web look cleaner and load faster, and they prevent advertisers from tracking user activity online. According to one report , U.S.

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Aligning Your Organization with an Agile Workforce

Harvard Business Review

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. Innovative companies are leading the way, applying a broader palette of talent options and relying on more varied types of relationships.