Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

And change it did, because the new CEO had a vision that went beyond product, and costs, and overhead, and costs of capital. It was about passion. And about people who have it. Thirteen years later, the stock price is now above $240, and it has a market cap bigger than Microsoft. That company is Apple.

Technology 282

Technology Price Video Cost of Capital 282

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

Banks’ cost of capital is typically 50 basis points or less. These low-cost and reliable sources of funds are from taxpayer-insured deposits and the Federal Reserve’s discount window. SME lending can remain a big business for banks, but only with deliberate choices about where to play and how to win.

Banking 11

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is worth explaining why this is the right objective, and how other stakeholders — including employees, customers, and suppliers — fit into the picture. A CEO's job is about resource allocation with a goal of earning a return in excess of the opportunity cost of capital. This requires difficult trade-offs.

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Price CEO 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Delays in disclosing information security incidents often contribute to shareholders’ hesitation and uncertainty with regard to how to factor in the effects of the breaches. In most cases, at the time a security breach is disclosed, it is almost impossible for shareholders to assess its full implications.

Price 8

Price Long-term Banking Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

. “Marketers need to understand how elastic , sensitive to fluctuations in price, or inelastic , largely ambivalent about price changes, their products are when contemplating how to set or change a price,” says Avery. Read refreshers on net present value , breakeven quantity , debt-to-equity ratio , and cost of capital.

Price 8

Price Debt to Equity Ratio Marketing Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

I talked with Jill Avery, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and co-author of HBR’s Go To Market Tools , to better understand how to use this important calculation. How do you calculate it? Avery says that the cost of the marketing program, for example, can be difficult to pin down ahead of time.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Fixed Costs Analysis Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2018

How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Amazon, for one, knows this well: Everyone is impressed with the company’s big successes, but equally important is how quickly the company acts to shut down poor performers such as the Fire Phone and Amazon Destinations. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Incubator 8

Incubator Insurance Cost of Capital Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

But it is a very basic rewrite of how to think about finance, and it has swept all before it in the academic world. The capital asset pricing model was supposed to allow companies to calculate their cost of capital in a consistent way. It goes back to the 1970s. You have to say where it is exactly.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. You will learn how to identify and prioritize your company’s full portfolio of opportunities – from new product lines to entirely new businesses.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50