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What Companies Succeeding with AI Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

They found that the gap between leading companies and the rest had widened; that the payback-period for AI investments was much shorter; and that leading companies were better at identifying and implementing use cases that delivered positive outcomes with lower risk. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed.

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Why So Many Different Loan Types Exist

Strategy Driven

Because of these multiple numbers, credit scores can be a lot more accurate, and predict your likeliness to go into debt when you can’t make up with payments after a certain period. Credit scores dictate what you can and can’t get because of your payback period or payment rate. Loans have to be different to service these needs.

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Nuclear Power is Clean, Safe, and Reliable… But Can It Be Competitive?

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven experience reveals many of these cost reductions to be implementable within 180 days and to possess similar payback periods. The document highlights 29 initiatives to reduce costs in the areas of Human Capital Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain / Inventory Management, and Oversight.

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A Refresher on Payback Method

Harvard Business Review

There are a variety of ways to calculate a return on investment (ROI) — net present value , internal rate of return , breakeven — but the simplest is payback period. What is payback period? ” The shorter the payback period, the better. ” This can lead to some deceiving calculations.

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Walmart Broadens ROI for Green Power

Harvard Business Review

Bedore said as much.until he added the critical caveat that in the case of green power, Walmart bean counters were looking beyond the near-term payback. The actual cash payback periods are getting shorter, but they rarely meet the typical 2-year (or so) ROI required by most large companies.

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An HBR Refresher on Breakeven Quantity

Harvard Business Review

. “It’s one of the more popular ways that managers calculate marketing ROI,” says Avery, pointing out that other common ones include calculating the investment payback period, calculating an internal rate of return, and using net present value analysis.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

People in finance at GE, typically focused on return on investment and payback periods, love FastWorks because they get a better throughput of ideas. And it has helped not only provide a new product development process, but a role model for a new culture based on a venture model. Partnering: getting ideas from start-ups.