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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock told me they looked to see how they could take this battery technology to new markets. Organic growth depends on discovering breakthrough ideas, leveraging technology, and getting closer to customers. Product development: g etting closer to customers and moving faster.

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How to Better Manage Your Company’s Utility Bills

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, well-designed retrofits can deliver 20%-50% energy savings with fast payback periods. is on a commercial rate with their utility, and that rate includes a demand charge—essentially a premium for companies that use a lot of power over a short period of time (rather than using a constant rate).