Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

“Finance and accounting are very simple. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. “It’s not that complicated.” “There’s no magic.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Home Depot ’s hack, compromised 65 million customer credit and debit card accounts. In the third quarter of 2014, Home Depot showed a 21% increase in earnings per share. In the beginning of October, 2014, the largest U.S. In the beginning of October, 2014, the largest U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based ” When you force your employees to use slow or inconvenient technology, the costs don’t show up on your balance sheet immediately. ” Accountability: How do you keep track of what your colleagues are doing when you can’t see them? A deadline.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. Recent research lets us make an even bolder claim: accounting earnings are practically irrelevant for digital companies. Let’s first look at the balance sheet.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

These are often overlooked on balance sheets but can generate significant extra value for companies. Demand charges can account for 30% to 70% of the typical bill. Invest in smart controls. Almost as important as cutting total energy use is controlling when electricity is needed. More or less every major company in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

output comes from fracking operations that have cut costs dramatically since slumping prices in 2014 forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy. Most major producers with large balance sheets will likely hedge their bets and attempt both. The soaring U.S. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

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