Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As technology continues to change and challenge even the most successful incumbent organizations in every industry, the cost of inertia is growing. Consider the dramatic shift in the types of assets that create market value. Despite the shift to intangible assets, executives and their strategists are sticking to the status quo.

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Intangible Assets Business Model GAAP Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Contrast Walmart’ $160 billion of hard assets for its $300 billion valuation against Facebook’s $9 billion dollars of hard assets for its $500 billion valuation. The economic purpose of these intangible investments is no different than that of an industrial company’s factories and buildings.

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Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes. Organizational transformation must begin with a leadership transformation.

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Intangible Assets Business Model How To Intellectual Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? Baseline financial skills are still essential, but international experience, industry knowledge, investor relations acumen, technology expertise, and strategic prowess are now just as much part of the package.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

Today, however, by exploiting new digital technologies, firms like Apple, Lending Club, and AirBnB have made customer co-creation of value central to their business models and in doing so now rank among the world’s most innovative and valuable firms. Over its lifetime, the app store has generated more than $25 billion for developers.

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CRM Brand Business Model Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

In a parallel development, the number of companies listed on U.S. The number of listed firms can decline because of three developments: 1) bankruptcy, failure, or closure of listed firms, 2) delisting of firms going private or acquired, and 3) decrease in number of initial public offerings (IPOs). westend61/Getty Images.

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IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The most forward-thinking companies are developing new business models to create value from these kinds of information exchanges. (2) 2) Develop open multiple multi-sided relationships: Altruism or openness alone will not give rise to ready access to the diversity of data required to understand the predictive future.

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