Cost of Capital Innovation Marketing Productivity 
The Horizons Tracker
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. The author believes that while lower costs of capital would certainly help raise the entrepreneurship rate, it would be most beneficial to entrepreneurs with lower skills. Positive or negative?
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. For example, well-managed consolidators such as Dell Technologies are doing well in this market.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. These values can be estimated credibly and cost-effectively, and we set about applying them to the Brazilian beef sector. These and other benefits translate into better cost management, agricultural innovation, and increased land productivity and quality.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 26, 2015
In retailing, most products, stores, business units, and even firms go through a life cycle of birth, midlife, and death. Over time, retailers have identified and adopted many innovative ideas to manage these complex tasks. They would be better off retaining the product to sell in another market or just donating it to a charity.
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.)
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