Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

If you want approval for a new project — purchasing new equipment or computer systems, applying for a patent, building a new store — chances are you need your company’s finance department on board. To get the green light, it helps to understand how finance people think. Finance & Accounting Tool.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. And who’s in the best position to offer advice? And who’s in the best position to offer advice? Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If the first possibility prevails, then it's hard to see how the short-term hit to profits created by political instability could subsequently be made up (unless an investor were granted some favor that created or locked in a favorable market position).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Today large commercial buildings address only two percent per year of the NPV-positive investments in efficiency that are available to them. Addressing energy use in existing large commercial buildings has proven notoriously difficult.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Despite a one-year payback period and a highly positive net present value (NPV) from this investment, the department will often reject the attractive opportunity. Instead, the finance office can allow the department to keep some of the savings it created, in excess of the original acquisition cost, in future year budgets.

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