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 10

Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 10

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

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 8

Innovation Execution Net Present Value Open-book 8

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 15

Company Net Present Value How To Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. The analyst can then top that valuation with the option values of moonshot projects.

Report 8

Report GAAP Company Proposal 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 8

Net Present Value Politics Analysis Telecommunications 8