The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The study found that the share of entrepreneurs fell by around half between 1985 and 2014, with just 4% of households containing an entrepreneur by the end of the study period. This would have less of an impact on higher-skilled entrepreneurs, for whom the decline has been most pronounced.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 113

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

” A quarter century later, not much seems to have changed: fewer than five out of the 100 CEOs on HBR’s 2014 list of best-performing CEOs even mention “return on capital” on their official biography — and none of those five lead companies listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or in the EuroStoxx50.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The US dollar has appreciated dramatically over the past fifteen months — from a trade-weighted level of 102 in July 2014 to 120 recently. The way to do that is to build market share in international markets at a level of profitability that is higher than the cost of capital. Babo Schokker.

EPS 8

EPS Short-term Cost of Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Breach-related costs are estimated to be around $62 million. In the third quarter of 2014, Home Depot showed a 21% increase in earnings per share. Sears announced in October 2014 that one of its companies, Kmart, was the target of a data security breach and that credit/debit cards and personal information were compromised by hackers.

Price 8

Price Long-term Banking Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

trillion in 2014. Some companies establish a threshold for MROI that takes into account its risk tolerance and cost of capital, below which they are hesitant to make investments. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. In fact, global spending on media is expected to reach $2.1

ROI 8

ROI Marketing Marketing Mix Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

By the end of 2014, they had improved fuel efficiency approximately 87% compared to the 2005 baseline. Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies. In its survey of over 200 institutional investors, 59.1% Some 62.4%

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the firms we identified as focused on the long term, average revenue and earnings growth were 47% and 36% higher, respectively, by 2014, and market capitalization grew faster as well. From 2007 to 2014, their R&D spending grew at an annualized rate of 8.5%, greater than the 3.7% The differences were dramatic.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8