Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. The use of FinTechs allows suppliers to access funding at the multinationals firm’s lower cost of capital.). Insight Center.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Cost of Capital Transportation Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. What would better measures be?

EPS 9

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash to distinguish it from the "operating" cash that is needed to run the business. high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs.

Company 15

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 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 Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Digital technology has been roiling markets and disrupting companies for more than two decades, but despite that lengthy history, incumbents are still struggling to enact and deliver on digital transformations. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. How the best companies get up to speed.

Strategy 8

Strategy ROI Technology Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Here are four things leaders can do.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2018

Best-in-class players, such as Intel (through technology partnerships) and Tyson (through new-product incubators), have developed the tools to incorporate many different flavors of deal making. These new organizations are likely to operate quite differently from traditional corporations.

Incubator 8

Incubator Insurance Cost of Capital Competitive Advantage 8