Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The We Mean Business report cites an internal rate of return of 81% (that’s a ridiculous payback) on energy efficiency in the U.S., Polman and Branson are expected at these meetings now, but more leaders are joining. and an IRR of 27% for those companies with the most aggressive, science-based goals and actions on climate.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In addition to the financial benefits that accrue from increased competitive advantage and innovation as discussed earlier, companies are realizing significant cost savings through environmental sustainability-related operational efficiencies. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

In theory, it’s a more efficient process. As Thaler and I demonstrated, this problem can be minimized if investors are shown longer-term rates of return. While these sign-ups used to be done with pen and paper, they are now typically done online, with people being asked to visit a website and set up an account.

Planning 8

Planning Short-term Long-term Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In fact, the random walk and efficient market hypotheses were making their way out of the University of Chicago and MIT just as Icahn was getting his start on Wall Street (he went to work as a stockbroker in 1961, and started his own firm in 1968). And maybe random chance does explain a lot of Icahn’s success. But applied to U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The tight focus on generating returns drove many gains. It hurried along the formation of global supply chains with ever greater efficiency and economies of scale. It’s becoming steadily more efficient. It’s less and less able to capture the gains of its efficiencies. It’s been in steady decline for a number of decades.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

A recent NBER working paper documents that from 1985 to 2014 this trading strategy would have yielded a large annualized average rate of return of 9.2%. The food sector’s profitability is negatively correlated with drought because agricultural output hinges on climate conditions.

Company 9

Company Porter Forrester Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

But the incentives of the adopter and the technology developer are typically not aligned: while the technology developer has all the incentive to sell as many units as possible, the adopter would only like to make investments with the highest rates of return.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Mission Statement Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The alternative view attributes increases in concentration to growing economies of scale, which means that the larger companies tend to be more efficient than the smaller ones. In that situation, over time the larger companies will tend to edge out their smaller rivals. Other laws do that.

Policies 8

Policies Airlines Politics Proposal 8