Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

These more “ intelligent assets ” read performance data, giving Cisco a detailed view of energy consumption — one that had not been available before. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent! Insight Center.

Energy 12

Energy Variable Costs Operations Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Investors, therefore, look not just for reported revenues but for drivers behind the revenues, especially because digital companies’ operating activities often differ from their revenue-generating activities. The first category should describe the amount spent on supporting current operations.

Variable Costs 8

Variable Costs Revenue Assets Cash Flow 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

For example, a decade ago, it''s unlikely that small-business owners would have told you that they needed a flexible way to host data and applications, one that preferably turned the fixed cost of computer hardware into a variable cost of renting capacity.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Variable Costs Assets Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Capital-intensive factories have a high-fixed-cost, low-variable-cost operating model. If you greatly reduce the production volume, the cars that do come out have to absorb more of the fixed costs, and that eventually sends the product into a profitability death spiral. Given the shift in immediate U.S.

Fixed Costs 14

Fixed Costs Assets Cash Flow Variable Costs 14