Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Journalist Justin Gillis wrote about the risk of “severe economic disruption” and “wildly expensive” solutions — ones that may not even exist — if we don’t leverage existing technologies to shift the global economy away from carbon over the next 15 years. Talk of potential risk to humanity is not new. coal market. coal market.

Discounted Cash Flow 10

Discounted Cash Flow NGO Conference Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Combining these creates a P&L and a projection, which through a discounted cash flow analysis yields an NPV, which can be used to assess valuation. What’s different now is the volume of the data, the availability of efficient sensor technologies, and the prospect of application in every walk of life.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. As digital technology becomes more pervasive, more and more companies will present this sort of valuation challenge.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Ideas with positive discounted cash flows get investment. One – possibly more promising — receives one more round of funding. Three companies end up taking 60% of all investment dollars. By contrast, for corporate innovators each idea needs to carry its own weight. Those that don’t, don’t.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Investors’ core valuation methods ( comparables and discounted cash-flow analysis) both extrapolate past performance into the future — but they fail to predict when the future will be radically different from the past. As a result, outlooks are more likely to be positive or mixed.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8