Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom. There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return.

Venture Capitalist 22

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Incentives 22

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. It also recognizes that, in the meantime, operational managers will gain valuable experience and knowledge about how to optimize the new power systems.

ROI 15

ROI IRR Power Payback Period 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

Since then, numerous studies have found evidence of the bias at racetracks and other sports betting markets all around the world. Indeed, it is probably the most discussed empirical regularity in sports gambling markets, and the literature documenting it now runs to well over a hundred scientific papers.

Tversky 15

Tversky Kahneman Rate of Return Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Strategic cash provides more flexibility concerning the timing and pricing of potential acquisitions; having cash on hand is the best insurance that CFOs will be able to respond with alacrity to opportunities and not be subject to the vagaries of the financial markets. Facilitate Investments. Arguments Against Strategic Cash.

Company 15

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

” Choices about whether and how to use money to remedy social problems should be left to individuals, he argued, who would be in better position to provide it if they were not being in effect taxed by corporate managers who thought they had better ideas for how to spend it.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals. This means that a performance metric every investor must consider is time spent / capital invested.

Hedge 16

Hedge Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

We also know that private equity funds have outperformed public equity markets over the last three decades , even after the fees they charge are accounted for. What have been less explored are the specific actions taken by private equity (PE) fund managers. At the same time, debt puts pressure on managers not to waste money.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. Robin Hood, on the other hand, is a grant-making foundation created by hedge fund managers with a penchant for hard numbers. government agency makes grants to emerging market countries to reduce poverty through economic growth.

Long-term 11

Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Marketers often have to make the call on whether a certain marketing investment is worth the cost. Can you justify the price tag of the ad you want to buy or the marketing campaign you’re hoping to launch next quarter? What is breakeven quantity (BEQ)? ” The company sells each pair of flip flops for $24.00.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Fixed Costs Analysis Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Investors in VC funds see returns data from a wide range of firms, and those performance figures make it clear that many well-known “brand” VC funds consistently fail to generate minimum venture rates of return. Most VC funds fail, by a wide margin, to deliver those minimum returns. Insight Center.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

You’ve got an idea for a new product line, a way to revamp your inventory management system, or a piece of equipment that will make your work easier. You’ll likely be asked to show that the return on the investment will be better than your company’s cost of capital. . or 11% as the discount rate.

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. There is tons of evidence, much of it compiled by the formulator of the efficient market hypothesis, Eugene Fama , that value investing works.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Effective executives understand the productivity and customer loyalty future depends as much on motivating and managing their machines as inspiring their people. If the automated chatbot isn’t boosting the contact center’s customer satisfaction rating, reprogramming/retraining is required.

Review 8

Review Kaplan Kaizen Performance Review 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

It takes time to execute these types of organizational changes—and the pace is wholly dependent on the actions taken by management. For companies that fully embrace this shift, investing in data and analytics can yield a higher rate of return than other recent technologies, surpassing even the computer investment cycle in the 1980s.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The We Mean Business report cites an internal rate of return of 81% (that’s a ridiculous payback) on energy efficiency in the U.S., The We Mean Business report cites an internal rate of return of 81% (that’s a ridiculous payback) on energy efficiency in the U.S., We citizen consumers need to step up, too.

IRR 9

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The paper utilizes longitudinal administrative data from Germany to shed light on the long-term benefits of apprenticeship training programs for workers entering the labor market after completing secondary school. Thus, the study demonstrates that apprenticeship training yields substantial benefits to both individuals and society.

Career 119

Career Training Rate of Return Education 119

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Second, Uber and Netflix appealed to a younger superconsumer before they entered the category, which caught the market leaders flat-footed. Higher-fee, actively managed funds lost $500 billion in assets since 2015, with much of it flowing to much lower cost passive funds (e.g. index funds).

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it. Netafim now controls over one-third of the market for this seemingly commoditized micro-irrigation equipment market. So why are we celebrating drip irrigation only now? What is Netafim's secret?

Business Model 10

Business Model Technology Mission Statement Rate of Return 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 13

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 13