Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain. of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. Two, don’t assume that your firm or even your industry has the answers.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Incremental innovations can be managed at the operating levels where the people know the customers/consumers best and decisions can be made in a more consensus-driven way with input and agreement between all stakeholder functions. It tends to be short-term, uses familiar (traditional) metrics and development systems like Stage Gate.

Process 15

Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

While on the surface, the dirty business of fossil fuels is nothing like Silicon Valley, many in the oil business have moved beyond the standard net present value (NPV) model for assessing the merit of investments. But Facebook has also bought itself time to figure out how to extract value from that audience.

NPV 8

NPV Net Present Value Industry Video 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Listen up, CEOs: Only you can make the big bets about where your industry's hockey puck is going. In the late 1990s, we presented the Gretzky metaphor to a division of a large, global bank. And using net-present-value estimates for "beginning" ideas is nuts. It's being customer-reactive.

CEO 12

CEO Net Present Value Banking Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

The private equity industry has grown markedly in the last 20 years and we know more than we used to about its effects on the economy. ” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. The most important concepts to grasp are “how to measure profitability, EBITDA, operating income, revenue, and operating expenses,” he says. The Refresher: Net Present Value.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8