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

JUNE 26, 2013

And while the plan will have large impacts on business, it''s not a big enough vision to meet the scale of our climate challenge. But when all the elements of the president''s plans are combined, carbon energy will less appealing relative to cleaner options. But the plan we have on the table isn''t fully up to the task we face.

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Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Each brand’s strategic business plans now include a LIFE plan, with actions and targets laid out for the next five years. 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.

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