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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course. Furthermore, the operating managers cannot take their eyes off day-to-day operations to focus on innovation. Analysts increasingly rely on non-GAAP metrics.

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The Dangers of Digital Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

These include access to digital goods and services, being part of global supply chains, accelerating and partaking in the fruits of innovation, and helping citizens access information, entertainment, and connectivity on a worldwide basis. India’s finance ministry has proposed such an approach to the central bank.

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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. GAAP and FASB standards require financial reporting of earnings, cash flow, and profitability – all measures that investors have traditionally examined.

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You Can't Impress Stock Analysts.and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs? I hope we see more leaders walking away from these absurd pressures that keep them from building innovative, profitable, sustainable companies.

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