Goal Operations Rate of Return Short-term 
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
But amidst a seemingly scripted set of responses on Walmart's supply chain and operational greening efforts, the discussion took an interesting turn. When addressing the company's aspirational goal of using 100% renewable energy, Bedore said two noteworthy things. We worship internal rates of return (IRR) to our detriment.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
As more firms became multinationals, fewer showed loyalty to particular communities or any hesitation to migrate their operations to wherever costs were lowest. Employees were viewed more as fungible inputs to operations, and customers viewed more as targets within more and less lucrative segments.
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