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.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

health care system. Explanations include their IT departments already have their hands full installing, maintaining, and upgrading electronic health record (EHR) systems. But much of the blame can be attributed to hospitals’ misaligned budgeting and incentive systems. Gillian Blease/Getty Images.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

You’ve got a great idea for a new product that will increase revenue or a new system that will cut the company’s costs. There are a variety of methods you can use to calculate ROI — net present value , payback, breakeven — and internal rate of return , or IRR. A Refresher on Net Present Value.

Rate of Return 8

Rate of Return IRR NPV Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

During the financial crisis, the world came to the apparently shocking realization that debt financing entails risks. Consider, for example, that the estimated net present value of obligations under the Social Security system is approximately $8 trillion.

GDP 15

GDP Net Present Value Crisis Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Your company is ready to make a big purchase — a fleet of cars, a piece of manufacturing equipment, a new computer system. Sure, you may know this already, but people who haven’t studied finance often find this statement confusing. Finance & Accounting Tool. Excerpted from. HBR TOOLS: Return on Investment.

ROI 8

ROI Analysis Rate of Return Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

That system was efficient, but the new management team decided that, at this moment in its history, the company needed adaptability more than efficiency. To prioritize projects, for instance, the ALL team could have forecast future cash flows for every potential investment and ranked all proposals on the basis of their net present value.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. And Lars has taken some of these ideas and applied them in finance.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8