Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Most companies – including the movie studios in Hollywood – over-rely on basic tools like discounted cash flow and net present value. But it is possible to significantly improve your odds by understanding which decision-support tools work best for which decisions.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Comparison Tools 8

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.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

To make sure they're comparing apples to apples, they discount those future cash flows to arrive at their net present value. Yeh, William S. Schulze, and Michael H. McNulty et al.

CAPM 14

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In operational engineering, PE firms develop industry and operating expertise that they bring to bear to add value to their portfolio companies. In governance engineering, PE investors control the boards of their portfolio companies and are more actively involved in governance than public company directors and public shareholders.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow CAPM Company Rate of Return 8