Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

And this charge will, in theory, move managers to make greener choices. Cloud service providers are increasingly proxies for utilities — they require 100% uptime, significant quantities of their own power, and predictable variable cost (which for renewables is nearly zero). Accountability throughout the organization.

Energy 16

Energy Variable Costs Travel Operations 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

But in reality most companies, particularly those that manage to last for any reasonable period of time, do day-to-day innovation extremely well. It''s not like large companies never manage to do it. Most large corporations will admit to struggling with innovation. Your television picture quality is significantly better.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Variable Costs Assets Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a follow up HBR article , we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks and distilled seven key insights from those discussions. For example, Twitter provides “cost per ad engagement.”

Variable Costs 8

Variable Costs Revenue Assets Cash Flow 8