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Simple Ethics Rules for Better Risk Management

Harvard Business

But as more organizations fall prey to complex intangible risks, from unwanted disclosure due to rampant cyber threats to breaches of conduct driven by skewed incentive systems, the aperture of risk management is expanding from protecting the balance sheet to promoting ethical leadership and values-based decision making.

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5 Ways Your Data Strategy Can Fail

Harvard Business

Paradoxically, “data” appear everywhere but on the balance sheet and income statement. Leadership must realize that earning even a fraction of the value data offer takes more than simply bolting an AI program into one department or asking IT to digitize operations. Except for very few, this hasn’t happened.

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Germany’s Midsize Manufacturers Outperform Its Industrial Giants

Harvard Business

They belong to a class of small-to-medium German enterprises that are outperforming the country’s top public companies. Most of these companies are private and don’t publish their balance sheets. These companies are dedicated to mutual technological leadership with their customers.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business

Such knowledge does not come easily, but the increasing density of digital information, deeper automated connections across companies, and increased storage and computing power create new options for enterprise leaders. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

Think of E as Enterprise Value. In a traditional business, there is little connectivity or co-creation, so the enterprise value is equal to the “mass” of the company — its human resources, financial assets, intellectual property, and physical goods. C 2 is the exponential effect of Connectivity and Co-creation.