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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. How much is changing? .”

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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. Currently, firms’ first report net profits and then back out many of these one-time items to present a non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) profit number.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Many traditional companies realize the potential for disruptions in their business models from the likes of Alphabet and Amazon. In the meanwhile, companies increasingly resort to provision of proforma and non-GAAP reports, even though this practice is looked down upon by the SEC and is opportunistically misused by a few companies.

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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. Of course, there are several steps that software companies need to take in order to make data mirrors possible.

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

As the market, including customers, employees, and investors, shifts the mix of what is done and what is consumed, this most important and commonly used economic indicator, along with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), tells a concerning story.

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