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. IRR doesn’t give you real dollars.

Rate of Return 8

Rate of Return IRR NPV Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

I have used the social network for eight years and continue to be impressed with Mark Zuckerberg's focus on product and his vision for the internet. But equity investing and product use are very different things. Over the past couple of years, I've become close with a handful of web product managers.

IPO 13

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

In retail, Lafley observed , the 80/20 rule usually applied: “Twenty per cent of the brands and products account for 80 per cent sales.” Identifying the 80/20 products and brands is the easy part. As devotees of Vilfredo Pareto and Richard Koch well know, 80/20 rules and ratios are relevant beyond retail.

Brand 8

Brand DCF IRR NPV 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

Based on our research , inspired employees are three times more productive than dissatisfied employees, but they are rare. A veritable alphabet soup (ROA, RONA, ROIC, ROCE, IRR, MVA, APV, and the like) exists to measure our financial capital. Energy, too, is difficult to come by. There you have it.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Management Company ROCE 15

Terry Starbucker

MAY 1, 2011

The goal is a high IRR, and the resulting Cause is “ meaningfully increasing shareholder value”. happiness). This connection must be introduced with near-religious fervor, with the Cause becoming a mantra that is known by all, and relentlessly reinforced. The WMTH is the satisfaction of funding a successful company.

IRR 295

IRR Leadership Metrics Goal 295