The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2023

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

Technology 98

Technology Development Policies Cooper 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

In the world of technology: the more of something you make, the more valuable it can become. For years, AWS has invested in driving developer and company adoption of its platform by driving down prices and introducing low cost features to make developer’s lives easier. The Refresher: Net Present Value.

Collison 14

Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 14

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. Teams should certainly develop their best guesses about how the idea will make money, but leaders shouldn't place too much emphasis on financial metrics for early stage ideas.

Company 16

Company Net Present Value How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Companies knew how to engage a design firm, license IP, and form joint ventures, but few knew how to truly co-develop innovations with external partners, such as PARC. At that time it was hard for PARC to understand how much we needed to invest in a new technology before approaching partners to work together in commercialization.

Innovation 9

Innovation Execution Net Present Value Open-book 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

This would be a breakthrough communication technology, with the power of connecting an excluded and fragmented continent with itself, with the world, and to this newly emerging phenomenon — that none of us quite understood at the time — called the Internet. I told them my story. They agreed that the Mandela proposal was nonsense.

Net Present Value 10

Net Present Value Politics Analysis Telecommunications 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Next, ALL's CEO assembled a cross-functional team to develop simple rules for prioritizing capital spending. To prioritize projects, for instance, the ALL team could have forecast future cash flows for every potential investment and ranked all proposals on the basis of their net present value. reuse existing resources.

Strategy 10

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 10