Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The audience was mostly engineers – program and project managers, the ones in charge of designing and making complex stuff. Caution: when employees feel like owners, no more wasting money on expensive furniture, management boondoggles, or projects with a poor net present value. You can help them feel like owners too.

Finance 246

Finance Course Net Present Value Management 246

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering. These value-increasing actions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but it is likely that certain firms emphasize some of the actions more than others.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The other is a process called Opportunity Engineering (OE) that instills a different way to look at value. Since the Three Horizons represent different levels of uncertainty, they need to be managed and valued differently. This is where Opportunity Engineering comes into play.

NPV 14

NPV Net Present Value Price Engineering 14

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 23, 2015

Do you think they’re going to do a net present value (NPV) analysis that shows they don’t need that computer? In addition to my work as a financial trainer, I am part owner of a small manufacturing engineering company with a lot of technical employees. Joe Knight. Add to Cart. Of course not.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

While its competitors were spending lavishly on new equipment, ALL repaired decommissioned engines from its "dead fleet," bought used locomotives from African carriers, and replaced damaged sections of the main line with dismantled tracks from abandoned parking stations.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Critics imply that managing for shareholder value is all about maximizing the short-term stock price. Companies that manage for shareholder value, the thinking goes, do whatever it takes to engineer an ever-higher market price. Value drivers include sales growth, operating profit margin, and investment requirements.)

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Price CEO 12