Cost of Capital Finance Innovation Training 
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.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The goal of strategy is profitable growth, meaning economic value above the firm’s cost of capital. In my experience, most CEOs, CFOs, and other C-suite executives involved in strategy formulation know these finance basics. It may seem that sales has little impact on the fourth value-creation lever, the firm’s cost of capital.
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