Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

In essence, Bedore was saying that Walmart recognizes that it can help take the solar market to scale, thus lowering its costs in the future. Of course, investing in projects with a hard-to-measure payback — such as a new marketing campaign or entry into new geographic or customer markets — is a normal part of business strategy.

ROI 15

ROI IRR Power Payback Period 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

Private Market Valuations aren't Great Indicators of Public Returns The final reason for trepidation is probably the most important. Since his fund's investment, a series of very well publicized auctions on secondary markets have driven Facebook's private market valuation to over 85B. Venture investors look for home runs.

IPO 19

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

A veritable alphabet soup (ROA, RONA, ROIC, ROCE, IRR, MVA, APV, and the like) exists to measure our financial capital. In other words, they connected with people who could help them with customer issues, such as staff in finance, legal, pricing, or marketing. How can we manage human capital better? Measure it.

Human Capital 16

Human Capital Management Company ROCE 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Indeed, companies focusing on those 20% customer segments that generate 80% of sales and/or profitability and/or sustainable growth markets and innovate differently from those who seek to serve everyone well. innovation. Just ask Walmart. Big Data clearly becomes a big future winner in this strategic scenario.

Brand 9

Brand DCF IRR NPV 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

and an IRR of 27% for those companies with the most aggressive, science-based goals and actions on climate. Government doesn’t have a great track record of global negotiations on climate policy, but local and regional action is more robust , with 46 carbon markets globally covering a small but respectable 12% of emissions.

IRR 9

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 9