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Nuclear Power is Clean, Safe, and Reliable… But Can It Be Competitive?

Strategy Driven

In an effort to improve the financial viability of the remaining nuclear fleet, industry executives launched the Delivering the Nuclear Promise initiative; challenging employees and vendors to identify innovative ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and raise revenues while maintaining operational safety and reliability.

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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. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business Review

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund. .”

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How to Get People to Collaborate When You Don’t Control Their Salary

Harvard Business Review

The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. Both these efforts help the payback period arrive sooner, making collaboration a smarter investment for the next wave of people. Likewise, your actions can make the benefits start to flow sooner.

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Accelerating Customer Adoption at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

But beyond product and technology innovations, more widespread adoption can only happen if the behavior of individual farms changes in a fundamental way. For example, the drip irrigation we sell has an average six-month payback period. In the trenches : Why is behavior entrenched?