Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others. But do markets really follow the logic of an academic theory? New market disruptive – a cheaper, more accessible, and worse-performing product that turns non-consumers into customers. Four types of disruption.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

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. How can that be when the same information about the stock's underlying company and markets are available to both?

CAPM 13

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

There was little consensus about cost of capital practices; instead, respondents typically deployed a plurality of techniques. Fully 79 percent of companies, including 91 percent with annual revenues greater than $1 billion, use discounted cash flow techniques. Current market debt/equity ratio. Privately held.

Cost of Capital 12

Cost of Capital CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow 12