Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. Such misplaced optimism potentially masks underinvestment in technology needed to keep up with the competition. This measure has been validated by extensive academic research.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Companies in the top one-fifth of profitability earn, in aggregate, about 70 times more economic profit (accounting profit less cost of capital) than those in the middle three-fifths combined, according to McKinsey’s database of 3,000 large, publicly listed, nonfinancial U.S. Consider what’s happening among corporations.

ROIC 8

ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8