Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. The MCC's approach is even more complex as it operates on a 20-year time horizon. government agency makes grants to emerging market countries to reduce poverty through economic growth.

Long-term 8

Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

Since then, numerous studies have found evidence of the bias at racetracks and other sports betting markets all around the world. Indeed, it is probably the most discussed empirical regularity in sports gambling markets, and the literature documenting it now runs to well over a hundred scientific papers.

Tversky 11

Tversky Kahneman Rate of Return Sports 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

But these claims are very rarely backed up by large-scale evidence, and often driven by a misunderstanding of how buybacks actually operate. Such a nefarious use of corporate funds makes for great headlines. The claim that the need to buy back stock forces firms to cut investment puts the cart before the horse.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Intangible Assets Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. But applied to U.S. But applied to U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

Then the management team takes that number and decides on the discount rate, or hurdle rate, that you have to exceed to justify an investment,” he says. In many businesses, the cost of capital is lower than the discount rate or the required rate of return. or 11% as the discount rate. x 4.3%) + (0.7

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The article shocked the sensibilities of many who worried about rising corporate power in the world, but for many executives struggling to chart courses through the chaos of newly globalized and deregulated markets, it offered an irresistible clarity: one need only focus on owners’ interests.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

He recently announced the next two growth markets for sizeable investment by his group are Iraq and Myanmar. In 1998, Mo was running a highly profitable and stable engineering firm serving European mobile operators. He sold that company to do what no European operator would (though he begged them): Start an African cell phone company.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty CEO Chief Executive Officer Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9