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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Despite the fact that executives could improve the value and performance of their companies by shifting capital from under-performing business units to better performing units, most choose to allocate their resources the same way year after year. Outdated beliefs about the world can linger for decades in a leadership team.

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A Blueprint for Digital Companies’ Financial Reporting

Harvard Business Review

The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model. When multiple players compete for the same space, revenues indicate the progress towards achieving market leadership that creates the dominant protocol for industry partners, suppliers, and customers.

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How B2B Software Vendors Can Help Their Customers Benchmark

Harvard Business Review

We’ve already seen that it’s possible to use external data to evaluate firms on what business models they are employing, and what those business models mean for their valuations. Imagine if all manufacturers had, for example, a supply chain efficiency score, or all companies had a leadership development score.