The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 18, 2023

To categorize these firms, the researchers segregated them into five distinct groups, accounting for greenhouse gas emissions while factoring in revenue to adjust for the inherent variance in emission levels between large and small companies.

Cost of Capital 114

Cost of Capital Comparison Cost Incentives 114

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. To analyze the superstar dynamics of firms, our metric was economic profit, a measure of a firm’s profit above and beyond opportunity cost. (To Apexphotos/Getty Images.

Industry 10

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart investments result in higher labor productivity. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

based companies by anywhere from 10% to 20% , depending on their current tax position. At a recent investor conference, one of us heard a CEO proudly state that the new law would have no effect at all on how his company views investments. Why are CEOs so reluctant to pursue bold new investments in growing their companies?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CEO Discount Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. We exclude companies with a traditional CSR program that supports employee volunteering in the community – this does not by itself qualify as sustainability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

Banks’ cost of capital is typically 50 basis points or less. These low-cost and reliable sources of funds are from taxpayer-insured deposits and the Federal Reserve’s discount window. ” Can banks out-compete the disruptors? Eastern Bank).

Banking 9

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Europe''s $100 billion carbon market, an innovative force in the powerful carbon-reduction approach known as cap and trade, has ceased to function the way it''s supposed to. Share prices for European utilities and industrial companies have fallen too, threatening a wave of credit downgrades and increasing companies'' cost of capital.

Price 8

Price Energy Politics Marketing 8