The Idolbuster

JANUARY 17, 2013

One common solution is to drop features from the product. Sabina” was a product manager working in lifescience industry who was part of a project that had to make that very choice. She was working on a new technology to detect and quantify a particular RNA within a sample. There was equal pressure from myself and others.”.

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NPV Sample Project Metrics 36

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

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Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In the 1990s, Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Organization kicked off a major Reliability Engineering program, much like the efficiency initiatives of companies such as Toyota. More impressively, by linking all the machines together, they were able to predict — and subsequently improve — overall process reliability and product quality.

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Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

In the world of technology: the more of something you make, the more valuable it can become. When your product can become more valuable to your customers over time, the way you prioritize building features and harvesting profits within a business needs to change. Facebook becomes more valuable as more people in your network join.

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Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Today large commercial buildings address only two percent per year of the NPV-positive investments in efficiency that are available to them. This approach has been made possible by the advent of low-cost sensing technology and the ability to acquire data from building systems and energy-consuming equipment.

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NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 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.

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NPV Net Present Value Industry Video 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

I agree with their vision of a future in which more companies focus on the long term and become more productive for the world (their findings accord with my own work on the dangers of short-termism ). Next time you're deciding about a big investment, NPV can help you make a more informed decision. Related Video.

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Hedge Short-term Long-term NPV 9