Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2025

They found that the gap between leading companies and the rest had widened; that the payback-period for AI investments was much shorter; and that leading companies were better at identifying and implementing use cases that delivered positive outcomes with lower risk. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed.

Payback Period 28

Payback Period Company Maturity McKinsey 28

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Because of these multiple numbers, credit scores can be a lot more accurate, and predict your likeliness to go into debt when you can’t make up with payments after a certain period. Credit scores dictate what you can and can’t get because of your payback period or payment rate. Loans have to be different to service these needs.

Credit Scoring 67

Credit Scoring Payback Period Finance Banking 67

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

StrategyDriven experience reveals many of these cost reductions to be implementable within 180 days and to possess similar payback periods. The document highlights 29 initiatives to reduce costs in the areas of Human Capital Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain / Inventory Management, and Oversight.

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

There are a variety of ways to calculate a return on investment (ROI) — net present value , internal rate of return , breakeven — but the simplest is payback period. What is payback period? ” The shorter the payback period, the better. ” This can lead to some deceiving calculations.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Net Present Value ROI Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Bedore said as much.until he added the critical caveat that in the case of green power, Walmart bean counters were looking beyond the near-term payback. The actual cash payback periods are getting shorter, but they rarely meet the typical 2-year (or so) ROI required by most large companies.

ROI 15

ROI IRR Power Payback Period 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

. “It’s one of the more popular ways that managers calculate marketing ROI,” says Avery, pointing out that other common ones include calculating the investment payback period, calculating an internal rate of return, and using net present value analysis.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Fixed Costs Analysis Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Despite a one-year payback period and a highly positive net present value (NPV) from this investment, the department will often reject the attractive opportunity. Consider the opportunity to raise spending in Year 1 by $100,000 to acquire technology that would decrease spending each year thereafter by $100,000.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8