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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. However, developing countries may not be able to take advantage of these opportunities unless their national governments and the international community take decisive action.

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. It is among the most transactional of all businesses.

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July's Leadership Carnival

Michael Lee Stallard

Alice Snell presents Public Sector Hiring Reform posted at Taleo Blog – Talent Management Solutions. Art Petty presents Leadership Caffeine: Prepare Your Mind to Conquer Presentation Anxiety posted at Management Excellence. Grossman presents Valuing meaningful work always plays better to the bottom line.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

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Rethinking Valuation So You Don't Miss a Good Deal

Harvard Business Review

Most commonly noted in hindsight analysis of M&As are the effects of what we will call false positives, where in the fullness of hindsight it becomes clear that an acquisition effort was flawed from the start. To do this, we combine two separate frameworks: the first is the Three Horizon strategic model developed by McKinsey.

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