Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

The operative question for them is, not “How confident am I that this investment will yield a positive return?” Ideas with positive discounted cash flows get investment. Five produced positive returns, two broke even, and three lost a little, but not a catastrophic, amount of money. Those that don’t, don’t.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

However, many investors seem to have concluded that the most successful companies with tens of billions of dollars of valuation today could never have justified their valuation at the start of their operation based on discounted cash flow. Investors are paying more attention to ideas and options than to earnings.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

A second, more radical solution is to create budgets and authority for a service line or integrated practice unit (IPU) that manages a patient’s entire treatment for a high-volume medical condition. The IPU is an essential component of the value-based care model advocated by Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Sustaining innovation inhabits the world of incremental change, deliberate strategy , and most financial and management theory. Without theory to tell us how the rules are changing, many tools of management and finance seem to break down. As a result, outlooks are more likely to be positive or mixed.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8