Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

This has led to high levels of AWS specific investment from innovators like CloudHealth Technologies, Qubole, Mapbox, and the like. That ecosystem investment reinforces the value proposition and drives more developer adoption. The Refresher: Net Present Value. So is Facebook. So is Google. The list goes on. Related Video.

Collison 13

Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

And, the misunderstood poem helps to highlight how innovation-seeking executives need to reframe the word risk. Most readers assume Frost’s poem is hopeful, describing the value of the rugged individualism that has long served as an American hallmark. Encouraging risk taking, therefore, can help to boost innovation.

Net Present Value 8

Net Present Value Entrepreneur Christensen Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

In these circumstances, strategies that generate faster growth create more value for most companies than those that improve profit margins. The Refresher: Net Present Value. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations. Related Video.

ROE 15

ROE Long-term GDP Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain. Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Furthermore, the operating managers cannot take their eyes off day-to-day operations to focus on innovation. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach. They must also be willing to see value in absurdity.

Process 16

Process Stage-Gate Innovation Net Present Value 16

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2023

According to UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2023 , there is a risk of increased economic inequality as developed countries are likely to benefit the most from green technologies, including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and electric vehicles.

Technology 98

Technology Development Policies Cooper 98

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Once they understood the rules and their underlying rationale, ALL's employees generated a series of innovative proposals based on what they had to work with. 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.

Strategy 9

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

This can be quantified by analyzing the extent to which the share prices of S&P 500 firms are driven by a firm’s present value of future growth options (PVGO) rather than cash flow from current operations. 3M owes part of its innovative success to the “new product vitality index.”)

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

You know, the future value of money, the present value of money — money today is worth more than in the future because you can invest it and get interest. Instead what he says is let’s have financial innovation that is actually helpful. This stochastic discount factor model is the modern economic update of those, correct?

CAPM 10

CAPM Discount Price Finance 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. To read Rita’s complete biography, click here.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50