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

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.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

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 11

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

Budgeting 9

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Employees frequently attribute breakdowns to incompetence or bad faith on the part of colleagues in other departments: "Those bozos in headquarters [or finance or marketing] screw everything up." Strategies often falter in execution because of insufficient coordination across the organization.

Strategy 9

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. That is, potentially amazing technology if you can only figure out how it works.

CAPM 9

CAPM Discount Price Finance 9

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