First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 20, 2011
We all know we should make an investment when the benefits outweigh the costs, but few people understand what really goes into the analysis. Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Here are the six [.].
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 19, 2020
Identify potential funding sources for both upfront and ongoing costs. Determine the budget lines that will pay for your proposal or describe the financing for it. If future cost savings will fund the initiative, show the payback calculation. Provide a cost-benefit analysis.
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The Horizons Tracker
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
However, concerns have been raised regarding the extent to which individuals are willing to cede control to computer systems, particularly with respect to important matters such as health and finance. This suggests that people are not necessarily afraid of algorithms, but that for many people, this is yet another cost-benefit analysis.”
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs? What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? What would your family think of your decision?
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Alignment : Any new idea should preferably add value to existing initiatives, and if not, it should show a significant enough return on investment to justify the dilutive effect of not keeping the main thing the main thing.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
The same can be true if you are in an engineering job without the right credentials, or a senior finance job without an MBA or an advanced degree in finance. If your speed bump is a lack of the right skills, it helps to first do a quick cost/benefit analysis to see if investing in an upgrade will be worth it.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 8, 2013
And while our work quantifies some of the spatial consequences of investing in high speed rail, we cannot claim to have conducted a cost/benefit analysis of such irreversible investments. But bullet trains cost billions, and California is expecting the federal government to provide much of this money.
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