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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. There is also the issue of politics — including at the board- management-team levels.

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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

So, investors, and therefore managers, might be adjusting their approach to risk accordingly. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings. 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. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.