The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

They believe that their findings add additional nuance to the current narrative that suggests that the decline in entrepreneurship is largely a consequence of higher startup costs, labor constraints, or even the aging population. Opportunity costs.

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 82

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

You’ll likely be asked to show that the return on the investment will be better than your company’s cost of capital. To learn more about this commonly used business term, I spoke with Joe Knight, author of the HBR TOOLS: Return on Investment and co-founder and owner of www.business-literacy.com. Further Reading.

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

This raises the question of whether retaining strategic cash makes economic sense and should be viewed as a legitimate corporate finance tool in today's environment. As long as the CFO can stipulate that the company does not intend to repatriate the cash, it avoids the incremental tax that will be levied due to the territorial system of U.S.

Company 14

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

It's the opening paragraph of a Harvard Business Review article called "What's Your Real Cost of Capital?" They believed managers needed a better way to come up with a number to represent their cost of capital, and that's what they were presenting. That paragraph isn't my own writing. by James J. McNulty, Tony D.

CAPM 14

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Just 36 percent of CMOs, for example, have quantitatively proven the short-term impact of marketing spend, according to the 2013 CMO Survey (and for demonstrating long-term impact, that figure drops to 32 percent). This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. That’s why successful innovators prepare for irrelevance long in advance.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. and historic lows in new capital investment.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8