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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Best Leadership Books of 2013. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters. Blog Post ). Best Leadership Books of 2014.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business Review

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. In a previous HBR article , we argued that, in contrast to physical assets that depreciate with use, intangible assets might enhance with use. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

Allows businesses to take a 100% depreciation write-off for investments in certain new business equipment in 2010 and 2011. Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. In 2011, workers will pay 4.2%

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Don't Draw the Wrong Lessons from Better Place's Bust

Harvard Business Review

Better Place''s most visible and best-publicized innovation was its switchable battery technology, a novel way to overcome the short-range limits and long recharge times dictated by existing battery technology. EV advocates are quick to note that technology improvements in batteries will one day eliminate the range problem.