Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Most commonly noted in hindsight analysis of M&As are the effects of what we will call false positives, where in the fullness of hindsight it becomes clear that an acquisition effort was flawed from the start. Since the Three Horizons represent different levels of uncertainty, they need to be managed and valued differently.

NPV 14

NPV Net Present Value Price Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Most finance managers in both large and small businesses encounter numerous proposals for capital investments and many of the people proposing these investments don’t have a clear picture of what the return will be. Do you think they’re going to do a net present value (NPV) analysis that shows they don’t need that computer?

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. Anyone who has had to make the argument for an investment knows the basic tool involved: a Net Present Value (NPV) calculation.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

However, in-depth analytics revealed that customers’ decisions to switch energy providers were driven by their and competitors’ prices, advertising and company’s position in in social media, TV, print and other mass media. They built a customer churn econometric model in which search was responsible for 65% of churn. customer surveys).

Marketing 10

Marketing NPV Short-term Net Present Value 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

A second, more radical solution is to create budgets and authority for a service line or integrated practice unit (IPU) that manages a patient’s entire treatment for a high-volume medical condition. The IPU is an essential component of the value-based care model advocated by Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 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. And who’s in the best position to offer advice? The Refresher: Net Present Value. Earlier in his career, he worked as a product manager at a software company. Go it alone.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 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. The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. How do they do it?

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50