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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

They enable the disaggregation of physical assets in space and in time, creating digital platforms that make these disaggregated components — a few days in an apartment, an hour using a Roomba, a seat in your drive from Berlin to Hamburg — amenable to pricing, matching, and exchange.

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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. equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013. That's where the Dupont analysis come in. Until they do, at least be wary of the next company that graces a magazine cover.

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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. equity markets* on BusinessWeek's 2008 list ended up underperforming broader market indices between March 2008 and March 2013. That's where the Dupont analysis come in. Until they do, at least be wary of the next company that graces a magazine cover.