The Idolbuster

JANUARY 17, 2013

Ever been on a project that is under time pressure to make a launch date? 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. A forecast is built on assumptions.

NPV 36

NPV Sample Project Metrics 36

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

If you want approval for a new project — purchasing new equipment or computer systems, applying for a patent, building a new store — chances are you need your company’s finance department on board. But finance people like me are skeptical even when the proposals do project a return. Here’s why. Excerpted from.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Clearly the company was painfully aware of these two failed projects. The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." In interviews with a dozen senior managers from a large company, two particular failures came up over and over again. The problem came with the follow-up question, "Why did example A fail?".

NPV 16

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 16

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. Fast (a project lasting less than a year), Capital-light (or better yet, funded by low-cost capital provided by a third party).

NPV 8

NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Combining these creates a P&L and a projection, which through a discounted cash flow analysis yields an NPV, which can be used to assess valuation. What’s different now is the volume of the data, the availability of efficient sensor technologies, and the prospect of application in every walk of life.

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8