Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

One year later, the most powerful storm ever recorded to hit land devastated the Philippines. The latter, gray option would have required significant electric power and produced high greenhouse gas emissions… and it would’ve cost a lot more. Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that pummeled the U.S.

CAPEX 10

CAPEX Cost-Benefit Analysis Construction Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The most painful board conversations that I hear about machine learning revolve around how much power and authority super-smart software should have. Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software Competitive Advantage CAPEX 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Are you focusing opex and capex on these priorities in order to build competitively differentiated capabilities? Generic statements such as “leverage scale” or “create a streamlined organization” have little explanatory power. None of these are easy questions. ” he asked.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In recent years we have learned a lot about the causes of short-termism and its intensifying power. These indicators and hypotheses were: Investment: The ratio of capex to depreciation. We assume long-term companies will invest more and more-consistently than other companies. Earnings quality: Accruals as a share of revenue.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Congressional leadership included some measures in Dodd-Frank to constrain the Federal Reserve’s power. Practically every other major central bank has more powers to do that since the crisis, whereas the Federal Reserve, as a result of Dodd-Frank, has far less power, far less capacity to do that.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis System Compliance 8