Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Listen up, CEOs: Only you can make the big bets about where your industry's hockey puck is going. If CEOs rarely have the courage to use their educated gut, what impact does that have on the people below? And using net-present-value estimates for "beginning" ideas is nuts. So, we shelved the idea.

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CEO Net Present Value Banking Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

When Patrick Collison, CEO of electronic payments company Stripe, helped kick off our second-year strategy course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business this year, he observed that this has created one of the most profound differences in decision criteria between leaders in industrial-era and internet-era companies. So is Facebook.

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Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

When forced to present familiar metrics for truly out-of-the-box "beginning" ideas, work teams develop what our friend Jay Paap calls "Imaginary Numbers." As for decision-making there is one simple rule in pursuit of breakthroughs: "The higher the goal the higher the role." They can't wait until everything is "ready."

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Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Some of these ideas contradict traditional financial thinking whereas others seem highly controversial or pessimistic.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

I was just in Las Vegas spending time at the Downtown Project backed by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh (who self-professes that Luck serves as a core factor in his success). But to convert a Lucky Attitude into success, you also need to build what we call a Lucky Network.

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Net Present Value Entrepreneur Strategic Fit Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? Buffett explains that book value is the best proxy for "intrinsic value," the net present value of all estimated future cash flows. Consider that since 1965, Berkshire's book value grew 434,057% and the S&P index grew only 5,430%.

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Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Do you think they’re going to do a net present value (NPV) analysis that shows they don’t need that computer? The CEO negotiates with a company he or she wants to acquire. Not long after, the board fired the CEO. Joe Knight. Add to Cart. Of course not. billion with incentives several years ago.

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Finance NPV CFO ROI 8