Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This is what is going on now in community development. Take the example of child sponsorships, highly popular as a marketing tool for many NGOs. From the private sector, the trend is toward recognizing the business value of community progress. Big trends in business and society tend to march along at a measured pace.

Trends 8

Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Marketing is in the midst of an ROI revolution. The arrival of advanced analytics and plentiful data have allowed marketers to demonstrate return on investment with a degree of precision that’s never been possible before. To date, however, the reality of marketing analytics has fallen short of the promise.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Companies knew how to engage a design firm, license IP, and form joint ventures, but few knew how to truly co-develop innovations with external partners, such as PARC. Packaging options as solutions requires creating a demo or prototype that allows open innovation partners to engage and assess value. Net Present Value ).

Innovation 8

Innovation Execution Net Present Value Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? Buffett explains that book value is the best proxy for "intrinsic value," the net present value of all estimated future cash flows. Consider that since 1965, Berkshire's book value grew 434,057% and the S&P index grew only 5,430%.

Letter 14

Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For decades multinational corporations have poured hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investments into emerging markets , sometimes preferring the investment climate of "stable" authoritarian regimes over "messy" democracies. Certainly the money at stake is substantial. If the owner of that subsidiary discounts profits in Egypt by 12.5

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. You will learn how to identify and prioritize your company’s full portfolio of opportunities – from new product lines to entirely new businesses. Take a doctor’s office.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50