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"NEW MODELS, MEASUREMENTS AND MAPS" Felix Barber Measuring and managing intangible values in today's economy November 6 th 2002, Swiss Re, Rüschlikon. CV. FELIX BARBER Senior Vice President and Director The Boston Consulting Group. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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"NEW MODELS, MEASUREMENTS AND MAPS"Felix Barber Measuring and managing intangible values in today's economy November 6th 2002, Swiss Re, Rüschlikon
FELIX BARBERSenior Vice President and DirectorThe Boston Consulting Group • The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) • Worldwide Practice Area Leader of Organisation Practice (Organisation Design, Change Management, Human Resources, Networks) 1999 – • Developed 'Workonomics' approach to Linking Human Resources and Shareholder Value. Currently in regular use by BCG in client work to assess company performance from a people perspective • Founded and lead Zurich office 1989-98 • Previously active in London and Munich offices • Client focus primarily on Consumer and Service industries • Education • MA Philosophy, Politics, Economics Oxford University
INDUSTRY VIEW • An increasing share of company value is created by 'intangibles', for example by employees and customer relationships • A company's capital is the source of its value, so if 'intangibles' create value we should try to capitalise them in the balance sheet • We should consider and value 'Human Capital' and 'Customer Capital'
PERSONAL VIEW • Many things besides capital create value for companies • Companies do not own employees or customers • Instead of seeking to capitalise employees and customers as a way of recognising their value, we should ask and answer the same questions about them as we ask and answer about capital
PEOPLE AND CUSTOMERS STRONGLY IMPACT PERFORMANCE 35% Consumer Serv. Cosmetics Food & Tob. 30% Securities Brokers Advertising Software Airlines 25% Pharma Industrial Services Publishing Hardware Home Technology Services Ind. Equip. Household Food Retail 20% Textiles Ind. Div. ROE Average 1997-2000 Retail Fin. Serv. Chemicals Auto Parts Elec. Comps. Banks Beverage Comm. Tech. Transportation Biotech 15% Med. Prods. Insurance Fixed-line Comm. Leisure Goods Auto Aerospace Semicond. Utilities Building Mats. Packaging Adv. Ind. Equip. Energy 10% Basic Resources Construction Wireless Comm. Real Estate Healthcare Provs. 5% Broadcasting 0% 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 People Costs/Capital Costs Average 1997-2000
MEASURE PEOPLES' PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE-TERMS Capital Driven: Traditional Metrics People Driven: Workonomics Metrics Employee incentives ensure alignment Return on capital Cost of capital Balance sheet/Balance sheet structure Balance sheet changes Plant and equipment utilisation Capital investment plan Capital gearing (debt/equity ratio) Capital gains Long/short term financing Productivity Employee cost Workforce/Workforce structure New hires/attrition Workforce utilisation Workforce development plan Employee gearing (fixed/variable compensation) Long term contingent compensation (e.g. options) Employee contracts (golden handcuffs)
ECONOMIC PROFIT LINKS CAPITAL AND PEOPLE PERSPECTIVES Capital perspective: Return on capital abovecost of capital Employee perspective: Workonomics productivity above employee cost (%) $ 000 / employee Return on Capital Economic (1) profit Workonomics productivity Required Return on Capital Economic profit(2) Capital costs Employee cost per employee Employee costs Amount of capital invested (USD) Employees ('000s) • Usually calculated on post tax basis to be comparable with (post-tax) capital costs • Usually calculated on pre-tax basis to be comparable with (pre-tax) employee costs
AVAILABLE LEGAL FORMS MAY BE TOO LIMITING Legal form Value creation Ownership Risk Profit/ Residual income Stock corporation Partnership Cooperative society Capital investment Partners skills, capabilities and relationships Customer purchases Equity Partners Customers Equity Partners Customers Equity Partners Customers