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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Next time you're deciding about a big investment, NPV can help you make a more informed decision. But many companies struggle to come up with enough promising growth options. A flood of great ideas goes into the top of the funnel, but only a trickle emerges from the bottom. Related Video. The Refresher: Net Present Value.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

David Garvin, who died earlier this month, was by all accounts one of the great Harvard Business School teachers, lighting up the classroom and the minds of his students over the past 38 years. One of the many articles circling back to this topic of late revisited the still-common use of NPV hurdles in investment decisions.)