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. Another CFO mentioned that it will take a full-blown crisis, such as the 2000 dot-com meltdown, to force substantive changes in the standard setting process.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Charles Gibb, Belvedere’s CEO, says it made a strategic choice to invest in this project, even though it had a longer payback period than normal. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis. As a result, Belvedere’s greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 40%.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Still, if you''re dependent on coal-powered energy — or your value chain is — it''s time to rethink your energy strategy and reconsider the payback periods on clean energy investments. Business will feel government action on many fronts.

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