Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can pick up the phone and speak to experts on production, technology, operations, markets, and industries for example. Your company has assets to invest that typically demand a lower return that venture capital because they carry a lower cost of capital. Finally, consider risk diversification.

Innovation 93

Innovation Entrepreneur Brainstorming Open-book 93

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can pick up the phone and speak to experts on production, technology, operations, markets, and industries for example. Your company has assets to invest that typically demand a lower return that venture capital because they carry a lower cost of capital. Finally, consider risk diversification.

Innovation 70

Innovation Entrepreneur Brainstorming Open-book 70

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full How Passion Can Revolutionize Digital Technology, AND Change The World: A Video Every Leader Must See by Starbucker on August 29, 2010 In early 1997, its stock price was $4. It was about passion. And about people who have it.

Technology 282

Technology Price Video Cost of Capital 282

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. Did it seem "creative" to Nokia shareholders when the company missed the smart phone wave despite having some of the early technology? And for telecom.

Creativity 16

Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Today most if not all industries are impacted by digitization—mobile technology, big data, and the like. Decision making Leadership'

P&L 11

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership. This has not only resulted in less investment in human capital but has also delivered lower total shareholder returns despite a period in which the cost of capital (and thus the cost of investing for growth) has been extraordinarily low.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Investors punish companies with a short-term orientation by applying higher discount rates to them, which increases the cost of capital for those companies. In contrast, companies with a long-term orientation are rewarded with a lower cost of capital, which allows them to afford more innovation—a virtuous cycle.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company CEO 8