Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Anyone who has had to make the argument for an investment knows the basic tool involved: a Net Present Value (NPV) calculation. The overall value of a foreign investment is equal to the NPV of the expected stream of profits for the life of the investment. Vinod K.

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NPV Short-term Discount Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

If you want approval for a new project — purchasing new equipment or computer systems, applying for a patent, building a new store — chances are you need your company’s finance department on board. To get the green light, it helps to understand how finance people think. Finance & Accounting Tool.

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Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Next time you're deciding about a big investment, NPV can help you make a more informed decision. Some focus their best people on finding ways to squeeze out more profitability from existing operations, rather than creating new businesses. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Today large commercial buildings address only two percent per year of the NPV-positive investments in efficiency that are available to them. Addressing energy use in existing large commercial buildings has proven notoriously difficult.

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NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Consider, for example, a surgical patient who starts in the pre-operative area, then moves to the operating room, the post-anesthesia care unit, and the inpatient floor, with occasional side trips for imaging, testing, and physical therapy.

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Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Lotta, who’d joined Ervaring from Marriott two years before, was the first to admit that her new company, with 12 brands operating 5,000 hotels, mainly in Europe, needed help. ” Negative NPV. “You can see that if you go three years out, the NPV is still negative on our investment. He was getting on my nerves.

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Case Study Travel Hotels NPV 8