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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Harvard Business Review

Some companies establish a threshold for MROI that takes into account its risk tolerance and cost of capital, below which they are hesitant to make investments. “But sometimes, the incremental financial value attributable to marketing derives from its ability to increase customer loyalty and reduce customer churn.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Building Customer Loyalty. Some 62.4% of investors are concerned about the risk of stranded assets (i.e. assets that lose value prematurely due to environmental, social, or other external factors) and over one-third of respondents reported cutting their holdings of a company in the past year because of this risk.