Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

A major customer may default, a promised source of funding may disappear, or the world's markets may sour — any of these can shift your trajectory in an instant. After all, if he were on a desert island without a capital market, the value of his skill goes nearly to zero. Then again, you may be lucky. So, Luck matters.

Net Present Value 19

Net Present Value Entrepreneur Strategic Fit Open-book 19

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This is what is going on now in community development. Take the example of child sponsorships, highly popular as a marketing tool for many NGOs. From the private sector, the trend is toward recognizing the business value of community progress. Big trends in business and society tend to march along at a measured pace.

Trends 9

Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. To make sure they're comparing apples to apples, they discount those future cash flows to arrive at their net present value.

CAPM 15

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2012

Can we get to the market without any technological miracles? Note what isn't part of the decision: an idea's net present value or return on investment. Consider some combination of the following criteria: Does what we hope to do fit our strategy? (If If you don't have an innovation strategy , go and create one.).

Company 16

Company Net Present Value How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? Buffett explains that book value is the best proxy for "intrinsic value," the net present value of all estimated future cash flows. Consider that since 1965, Berkshire's book value grew 434,057% and the S&P index grew only 5,430%.

Letter 15

Letter P&L Insurance Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For decades multinational corporations have poured hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investments into emerging markets , sometimes preferring the investment climate of "stable" authoritarian regimes over "messy" democracies. Certainly the money at stake is substantial.

NPV 14

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Marketing is in the midst of an ROI revolution. The arrival of advanced analytics and plentiful data have allowed marketers to demonstrate return on investment with a degree of precision that’s never been possible before. To date, however, the reality of marketing analytics has fallen short of the promise.

CFO 9

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 9