Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2017

Steve, take this money to the CVS at the end of the block and buy us a big battery operated wall clock to put on the wall right there. If you did a cost-benefit analysis on some of the items on our shelves, you’d see the demand is way too low to make these items profitable,” says owner Gary Meschi. Butch responded.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Fashion 233

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. What would your family think of your decision?

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. He can tell you what’s moving in the right direction—and where we’re getting loose and need to tighten up operations. We try to help leaders make a very rational cost/benefit analysis about what clinging to the raft is costing them.

Competitive Advantage 98

Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 98

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.

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Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

Strategy Driven

JUNE 14, 2011

Beginning with the end in mind, it is important for those developing business cases for the organization’s various ongoing operations and proposed initiative alternatives to do so in such a way that leaders can compare the cost and benefits of the proposed activities.

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Cost Development Proposal Comparison 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

and saved $200-$300 million in ongoing operation and maintenance costs). Is it cost competitive? Using standard cost-benefit analysis, the study compared some natural solutions to more traditional infrastructure investments. But is this kind of green infrastructure approach generally as effective?

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CAPEX Cost-Benefit Analysis Construction Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

While the outcome of a cost-benefit analysis on offering lower cash (vs. credit) prices varies by company, there are two distinct cases when doing so may be particularly attractive: Low Dollar Purchases/Small Operation/Discount-related Brand. Accepting credit cards can result in higher discretionary purchases.

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Price Discount Cost-Benefit Analysis Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Several aspects of the firm’s operations allowed us to credibly isolate the effect of pollution on productivity. For policy makers, the evidence changes the cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulation and suggests that prioritizing industrial expansion over environmental protection may actually undermine economic growth.

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Products Productivity Cost-Benefit Analysis Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Conducting an accurate cost-benefit analysis requires a holistic approach, one that incorporates costs and job placement and also accounts for how participants are doing after they leave the program. We need to adopt something similar to a “total cost of ownership” (TCO) analysis.

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Metrics TCO Training Cost-Benefit Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

With a mission to fight poverty in New York City, the foundation puts each of its 200-plus grants through a cost-benefit analysis every year. Robin Hood uses these figures with caution, employing them as placeholders for estimating benefits until better research comes along.

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Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 9

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Trust is a common factor in the cost-benefits analysis, compliance with authority, or loyalty to leaders hypotheses. It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

A large consumer products company — which tells me it will be going public with this story very soon — has already cut carbon in its own operations by 80%. Similarly, the math on climate action is getting better every day as the costs of inaction rise. We will need strong global policies and a price on carbon.

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McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8