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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. So, investors, and therefore managers, might be adjusting their approach to risk accordingly. Furthermore, the operating managers cannot take their eyes off day-to-day operations to focus on innovation.

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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. from top to bottom, bottom to top, and side to side)?

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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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