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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. Investors, therefore, look not just for reported revenues but for drivers behind the revenues, especially because digital companies’ operating activities often differ from their revenue-generating activities.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. Many traditional companies realize the potential for disruptions in their business models from the likes of Alphabet and Amazon.

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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.