Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Consider, for example, a surgical patient who starts in the pre-operative area, then moves to the operating room, the post-anesthesia care unit, and the inpatient floor, with occasional side trips for imaging, testing, and physical therapy.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

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. But finance people like me are skeptical even when the proposals do project a return. Here’s why.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

That statement records cash generated by a company’s operations and cash spent on those operations; cash spent on capital assets (and cash generated by the sale of capital assets); and cash received from, or paid to, lenders and shareholders. Income statements almost always include an allowance for depreciation of capital assets.

ROI 8

ROI Analysis Rate of Return Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Any proposal, the rules said, should: remove obstacles to growing revenues, minimize up-front expenditure, provide benefits immediately (rather than paying off in the long term), and. Once they understood the rules and their underlying rationale, ALL's employees generated a series of innovative proposals based on what they had to work with.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

CFOs are more interested in capital investment estimates, net present values, and a clear outline of the trade-offs of any investment. Marketing KPIs that don’t directly address shareholder value and the company’s objectives don’t tell the CMO or the CFO where marketing efforts are having the most impact.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2012

My last post described how Innosight follows a three-stage process to evaluate investment proposals from outside entrepreneurs. Note what isn't part of the decision: an idea's net present value or return on investment. But deciding how to invest in ideas at a corporation is a different beast.

Company 15

Company Net Present Value How To Proposal 15