Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
This is resulting in a concentration of wealth and purchasing power into an ever-smaller number of hands. The net effect is to drain purchasing power (demand) from broad segments of the economy where it is needed most. Banks aren't looking for cheaper capital; they are looking for lower risk.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective. We hope this will serve as a powerful motivator to improve leaders’ decision making and bring sustainable business practices further into the mainstream.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2017
What if concentrated market power of a few companies in an industry has made these companies more profitable than usual? But if firms pay managers for adding real value (stock returns or earnings that adjust for the cost of capital ), it would indicate that the compensation committee is rewarding long-term value instead of short-term growth.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
First, you don’t have a powerful strategy. The widespread absence of a powerful strategy is clear from our recent study of 3,000 of the world’s largest companies, which finds that just 20 percent in that group create 90 percent of its total economic profit. And second, you aren’t doing much about it. Test your new strategy.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
In research for our book, Time, Talent and Energy, my co-author Michael Mankins and I found that such investments do indeed pay off: The top-quartile companies in our study unlocked 40% more productive power in their workforce through better practices in time, talent and energy management.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 31, 2017
Based on our recent worldwide survey of 2,000 incumbent companies across all major industries and countries, we estimate that the average return on incumbent digital initiatives is below 10% — barely above the cost of capital. Platforms have the power to radically alter the way value is distributed in a value chain.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 10, 2017
For any business to succeed over the long term, it must earn a return that exceeds its cost of capital. It is through continuously making incremental progress in lowering costs and increasing revenues that firms achieve competitive advantage in their industry. Here are four things leaders can do.
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