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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, the operating managers cannot take their eyes off day-to-day operations to focus on innovation. That VC arm is given relatively unconstrained financial capital to invest in innovation and disruptive ideas. Analysts increasingly rely on non-GAAP metrics. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies.

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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

Wall Street's " financial innovations " of recent years seem to have given creativity a bad name. As long as the new ideas cohere with ethical standards, and generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ), they can yield immense benefits. Tags: Creativity Ethics Innovation GAAP. Consider " The Balanced Scorecard."

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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. follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), developed through a rules-based approach.

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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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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

GAAP and FASB standards require financial reporting of earnings, cash flow, and profitability – all measures that investors have traditionally examined. To gain more insights into a specific firm, investors have shown more interest in intangibles like strategy, brand, innovation, systems integration, collaboration, and so on.

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

As the market, including customers, employees, and investors, shifts the mix of what is done and what is consumed, this most important and commonly used economic indicator, along with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), tells a concerning story.

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