Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In our experience, well-designed retrofits can deliver 20%-50% energy savings with fast payback periods. Wind and solar developers want your business. Many leading companies, including Wal-Mart , InterContinental Hotels , and many others are already seeing improvements to their bottom line from the solar/battery approach.

Management 8

Management Payback Period Energy Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups. Product development: g etting closer to customers and moving faster.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 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. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

While much has already been written about this challenge in the developed world, there are also some important lessons to be learned from the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). So how to reduce these risks and accelerate early adoption? Instead, we have developed a simple demonstration unit that runs off of a small water jug.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

One luxury leader, LVMH, provides a great example of how to build a robust sustainability program. 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. These companies can’t ignore sustainability.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8