Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering. In financial engineering, PE investors provide strong equity incentives to the management teams of their portfolio companies.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In many cases, the culprit is a gap between launching a few analytics experiments and embedding these insights into the operating model of the larger organization. Merely layering powerful technology systems on top of existing operations is not enough. Another critical piece of the puzzle is acquiring the right capabilities.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As more firms became multinationals, fewer showed loyalty to particular communities or any hesitation to migrate their operations to wherever costs were lowest. Employees were viewed more as fungible inputs to operations, and customers viewed more as targets within more and less lucrative segments.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. We believe that business-friendly candidates could win, but companies should make sure that their Mexico investments have an acceptable rate of return even under this populist scenario.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

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.

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8