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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

Financial leverage (assets over equity). With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored).

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

Financial leverage (assets over equity). With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored).