Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Download this pdf for an executive summary, or login here for the full report.)

Cost of Capital 14

Cost of Capital CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear. Marketing Risk management Collaboration'

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

How you answer this question may be the most important factor in how you design your product development process — and, ultimately, in whether your business succeeds or fails. Is market performance predictable for a specific product or class of products? Look at the variance of your new-market products. Product development'

Black-Scholes 8

Black-Scholes Productivity Products CAPM 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

The motivation behind it, as with many, many articles published over HBR's nearly 90-year history, was to take an effective practice developed in one corner of industry and spread it to managers everywhere. He went on to explain: "One practitioner might use the 1-year Treasury as their risk-free rate, while others may use the 10 or 30-year.

CAPM 15

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Technology risk is high when engineering or scientific breakthroughs are required to bring a solution to fruition. Execution risk relates to the entrepreneur's ability to attract employees and partners who can implement the venture's plans. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Because the new data analytics horizons typically span a range of functions, including marketing, risk, and operations, the C-suite evolution may take a variety of paths. In some cases, the way forward will be to enhance the mandate of (and provide new forms of support for) the chief information, marketing, strategy, or risk officer.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8