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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Financial leverage (assets over equity). This split would highlight different innovation strategies available to companies. Operating efficiency (sales over assets). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored).

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

So it began disaggregating return on equity into three components. Financial leverage (assets over equity). This split would highlight different innovation strategies available to companies. Operating efficiency (sales over assets). Innovation success rate (successful ideas divided by total ideas explored).