Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. To make sure they're comparing apples to apples, they discount those future cash flows to arrive at their net present value.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Benchmarking Assets Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Eaton’s acquisitions of Westinghouse’s distribution & control business (1994), Aeroquip-Vickers (1999), and Cooper (2012), increased revenues by roughly one-third with each addition. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Revenue Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Assets 15

Assets Operations Revenue Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

There was no time to raise the capital we needed to finance the events' annual cash flow needs. On August 23, 2012, I walked into our headquarters — a spectacularly creative facility that we had just moved into a few months earlier. The 3-Days were 75% of our business. It was like McDonald's losing the hamburger.

Cash Flow 17

Cash Flow Assets Banking Manager 17