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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Financial leverage (assets over equity). equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013. Operating efficiency (sales over assets).

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Financial leverage (assets over equity). equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013. Operating efficiency (sales over assets).