Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The evidence suggests the former: We could improve productivity if we stopped systematically underinvesting in human capital. The most direct and obvious investment is increased wages. For too long, business objectives and management philosophies have focused on efficiency over productivity.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

And change it did, because the new CEO had a vision that went beyond product, and costs, and overhead, and costs of capital. It was about passion. And about people who have it. Thirteen years later, the stock price is now above $240, and it has a market cap bigger than Microsoft. That company is Apple.

Technology 282

Technology Price Video Cost of Capital 282

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. Discovery-Driven Growth : A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity by Rita McGrath. It drives me crazy and is very shortsighted.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50