Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

There are a variety of ways to calculate a return on investment (ROI) — net present value , internal rate of return , breakeven — but the simplest is payback period. What is payback period? ” The shorter the payback period, the better. A Refresher on Net Present Value.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

I talked with Jill Avery, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and co-author of HBR’s Go To Market Tools , to better understand how to use this important calculation. “It’s a pretty universal tool. The formula will tell the manager how many units will result in $10 million in profit. BEQ = 200 units.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. So, investors, and therefore managers, might be adjusting their approach to risk accordingly. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies.

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