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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

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. Another challenge is that this financial information has become widely known and shared, meaning that the investor insights it affords are hardly unique.

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Four Simple Low Resolution Innovation Tests

Harvard Business Review

Imagine you had an idea for a one-week seminar that intersects strategic innovation and design thinking, bringing together world-class speakers, global attendees and unique tools. Participants would build businesses in real time and get feedback — and potentially funding — from venture capitalists.

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How Blockchain Is Changing Finance

Harvard Business Review

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. For example, consider how new business ventures access growth capital. Third, it’s exclusionary, denying billions of people access to basic financial tools. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database.