Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For decades multinational corporations have poured hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investments into emerging markets , sometimes preferring the investment climate of "stable" authoritarian regimes over "messy" democracies. Certainly the money at stake is substantial.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

This is especially true in the commercial buildings market, specifically large commercial buildings, where well over 75 percent of existing buildings will still be in use in fifteen years’ time. Today large commercial buildings address only two percent per year of the NPV-positive investments in efficiency that are available to them.

NPV 8

NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

“Importantly, this will be a much simpler, much less complex company of leading brands that’s easier to manage and operate.” In retail, Lafley observed , the 80/20 rule usually applied: “Twenty per cent of the brands and products account for 80 per cent sales.” innovation. Just ask Walmart.

Brand 8

Brand DCF IRR NPV 8

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. And, I would argue, it is also user experience – the ability to bring as much value to the surface of the product as possible.

NPV 8

NPV Net Present Value Industry Video 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

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. You will learn how to identify and prioritize your company’s full portfolio of opportunities – from new product lines to entirely new businesses.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50