Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1%
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).
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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. Some of these ideas contradict traditional financial thinking whereas others seem highly controversial or pessimistic.
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. What if I suggested that the best place to look for answers could be the shale oil fields of North Dakota?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
Most executives know that the present value of an investment comes from projecting its cash flows and discounting those numbers into today’s dollars. The general rule is projects with positive net present values should get funded, and those with negative ones shouldn’t.
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. How can you boost your financial acumen? What the Experts Say. Related Video.
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. We call this the Opportunity Value (OV) of an asset. This is where Opportunity Engineering comes into play.
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