Cost of Capital Development Innovation Productivity 
The Horizons Tracker
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Subsequently, leveraging historical data, the researchers evaluated the responses of the highest and lowest polluting groups to fluctuations in their capital costs, an impact similar to the objectives of the sustainable investing movement.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 10, 2017
A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The cost of capital is at historic lows, averaging below 6% for most large U.S. Indeed, for most companies, the value of accelerating growth greatly exceeds the value of returning capital to shareholders. The tax law allows 100% expensing of much new capital expenditure. Investing in true innovation.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 25, 2018
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 To do this, we take the firm’s returns, deduct the cost of capital, and multiply by the firm’s total invested capital.)
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. Fostering innovation.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 26, 2017
Recent analysis by Bain and SAP found that only 7% of bank credit products could be handled digitally from end to end. 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.
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