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Don't Confuse Engagement with User Experience

Harvard Business Review

The Android operating system has been outselling Apple's iOS by nearly a 5:1 ratio. Put another way, Apple's UX metric seems to encourage ROE — Return on Engagement — where Android emphasizes ease-of-use and opportunity. Mobile designer Luke Wroblewski captures the conundrum perfectly: What explains. The numbers don't lie.

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Directly influenced by investor input, Nikon developed a restructuring plan that would carry a onetime cost of ¥48 billion ($460 million) but generate ¥20 billion ($190 million) in annual savings. It would implement targets linked to shareholder value, including ROE and ROIC.

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Idle Funds are the Devil's Playground

Harvard Business Review

He cited the International Monetary Fund's 1997 judgment that "Malaysia is a good example of a country where the authorities are well aware of the challenges of managing the pressures that result from high growth and of maintaining a sound financial system amidst substantial capital flows and a booming property market."

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture. So it's time to address our measurement system seriously at the firm level.

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