Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

health care system. The audience for such innovation wants to be receptive: A recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey found that 75% of senior hospital executives endorsed the importance of digital innovation. Yet, despite their stated enthusiasm, hospitals have been notoriously slow to adopt digital innovations.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Even Dell, famous for eschewing acquisitions in favor of organic growth, has thrown in the towel with its $5 billion acquisition of Perot Systems. The higher level of uncertainty associated with H2 and H3 necessitates an updated valuation methodology that takes into account more than the net present value (NPV) of the target.

NPV 14

NPV Net Present Value Price Engineering 14

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. My whole company depends on it.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50