FUTURE VALUE IN PRACTICE: A Framework and Actions to Put AI Management into Practice and Create Future Value

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VURA Capital Innovation Holdings, Aug 3, 2026 - Business & Economics - 241 pages

AI Management Library – Volume IV

Practicing Future Value

A theory creates value only when it is put into practice.

Future Value Theory introduced a new perspective: enterprise value is determined not by the past, but by the future.

But how can this theory be applied in real-world management?

In the Age of AI, what distinguishes enterprises that continuously create future value?

What decisions do their leaders make?

How do they align strategy, organization, capital, and innovation around the future they seek to create?

This book answers those questions.

Putting Future Value Theory into Practice

The AI Management Library is a comprehensive ten-volume series consisting of 100 chapters and approximately one million words, designed to establish a systematic body of management knowledge for the Age of AI.

Volume III introduced Future Value Theory, a new framework for understanding enterprise value.

Volume IV moves from theory to practice.

It explains how Future Value Theory can be applied to corporate management, investment, capital markets, strategic decision-making, and long-term value creation, providing business leaders with practical methods for managing future value.

What You Will Learn

This volume explores ten essential themes for putting Future Value Theory into practice.


How will AI transform future value?

How do investors evaluate future value?

Are intangible assets a form of future value?

What is the relationship between enterprise value and market expectations?

What is long-term enterprise value?

What does future value management look like?

How can Future Value Theory be implemented?

Future Value Theory Q&A

Future Value Theory and capital markets

The future envisioned by Future Value Theory

Each chapter follows a consistent structure:


Why is this question important?

What are the limitations of conventional thinking?

How does Future Value Theory redefine the issue?

What should organizations change in practice?

What should leaders begin doing tomorrow?

Rather than presenting abstract concepts, the book demonstrates how Future Value Theory can guide real management decisions.

A Practical Framework for Future Value Management

Future value is not created by vision statements alone.

To build sustainable future value, organizations must design every aspect of management with intention.

This includes:


How AI is integrated into business and decision-making

How leaders communicate with investors and stakeholders

How intangible assets are developed and strengthened

How market expectations are cultivated over time

How long-term enterprise value is continuously created

This book presents Future Value Theory not merely as a management philosophy, but as a practical framework that executives can apply in their everyday decisions.

Who Should Read This Book?

This book is intended for:


CEOs and business leaders

Board members and corporate strategy professionals

Investors, private equity professionals, venture capitalists, and finance professionals

Management consultants

MBA students, researchers, and academics

Anyone seeking to create enterprise value in the Age of AI

Leaders who want to apply Future Value Theory in practice

About the AI Management Library

The AI Management Library is a ten-volume series that provides a comprehensive framework for management in the Age of AI.

Volume I – What Is Management in the Age of AI?

Volume II – Organizations and People in the Age of AI

Volume III – Future Value Theory

Volume IV – Practicing Future Value

Volume V – What Is Enterprise Redefinition?

Volume VI – Practicing Enterprise Redefinition

Volume VII – Measuring Enterprise Value

Volume VIII – Capital Strategy in the Age of AI

Volume IX – How Global Enterprises Redefined Themselves

Volume X – The Companies That Created Industries—and What Existing Enterprises Must Learn

If Volume III established the theory, Volume IV demonstrates how to apply it in the real world.

In the Age of AI, sustainable competitive advantage no longer comes from past achievements.

It comes from the ability to continuously create the future.

This book is a practical guide for turning Future Value Theory into action—and transforming future value into lasting enterprise value.

 

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About the author (2026)

Naoki Kadowaki is the Founder & CEO of VURA Capital Innovation Holdings Inc.

After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Kyoto University, he began his career as an engineer at the Sony Group. He later spent nearly twenty years at IBM, including an assignment in New York, where he served as a Partner leading AI, digital transformation, and new business creation initiatives. He subsequently became President & CEO of a private equity portfolio company, driving enterprise transformation. Today, he integrates investment, management, and technology to enhance enterprise value and create future value.

He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Keio University Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA) and a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).

As artificial intelligence rapidly democratizes knowledge, analysis, and execution, the foundations of competitive advantage are fundamentally changing. In response to this transformation, Kadowaki proposed Future Value Theory, a new management framework for the Age of AI.

Future Value Theory begins with the premise that future value is society's shared expectation of the future. It provides a systematic framework for sustainable value creation based on five core elements: Purpose, Capability, Capital, Ecosystem, and Continuity.

He also proposed Enterprise Redefinition, a transformation framework for the Age of AI. It argues that sustainable enterprise value is created through the continuous redefinition of five dimensions: Purpose, Business, Organization, Capital, and Leadership.

In addition, he leads the AI Management Library, a global publishing initiative that systematizes management knowledge for the Age of AI. Centered on Future Value Theory and Enterprise Redefinition, the series explores management strategy, organization, capital, enterprise value, innovation, leadership, and other critical topics for AI-era management. The AI Management Library is published in both Japanese and English for a global audience.

He is the author of Future Value Theory, Enterprise Redefinition, Future Value Theory Q&A, 100 Questions for Management in the Age of AI, and other titles in the AI Management Library series.

His mission is to increase the number of enterprises and leaders capable of creating future value, thereby contributing to the sustainable advancement of humanity through research, writing, education, speaking, investing, and business leadership.

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