The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The author believes that while lower costs of capital would certainly help raise the entrepreneurship rate, it would be most beneficial to entrepreneurs with lower skills. This would have less of an impact on higher-skilled entrepreneurs, for whom the decline has been most pronounced. Positive or negative?

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 82

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. It's the opening paragraph of a Harvard Business Review article called "What's Your Real Cost of Capital?"

CAPM 13

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

” A quarter century later, not much seems to have changed: fewer than five out of the 100 CEOs on HBR’s 2014 list of best-performing CEOs even mention “return on capital” on their official biography — and none of those five lead companies listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or in the EuroStoxx50.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. These values can be estimated credibly and cost-effectively, and we set about applying them to the Brazilian beef sector. These and other benefits translate into better cost management, agricultural innovation, and increased land productivity and quality.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. This means they generate less revenue, profit and market value per dollar of R&D.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8