15Five

MARCH 14, 2023

I actually started in financial services and banking. And I think it’s a business value that has a real ROI to it. Adam: That elevation from administrative to strategic and being this critical asset has both… It is happening. Those two types of organizations? I think it really unlocks performance within the business.

Benefits 98

Benefits Manager Assets Banking 98

UVA Darden

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The overall internal rate of return (IRR) for search funds was 35.1%, with a return on investment (ROI) of 4.5 Mayo Center for Asset Management Yes According to Stanford’s 2024 Search Fund Study, for entrepreneurs who exited their business, the average equity earned was $5.7 million per person with a median of $2.25

Small Business 52

Small Business Revenue Engineering Government 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2011

Nearly every company in the world gives lip service to the idea that "our people are our greatest asset." To test the ROI of investing in happiness, I wanted to find a company in the midst of high challenge. Around the same time, CNNMoney reported a survey that indicated 84% of Americans are unhappy with their current job.

ROI 20

ROI Metrics Assets Banking 20

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The logic, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and banks like HSBC, is this: as the world migrates away from carbon-based fuels, trillions of barrels of oil and billions of tons of coal — the assets sitting on the books of energy companies — will become “stranded,” or worthless. Let’s quickly look at each.

Assets 14

Assets Energy Variable Costs Government 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

At the macroeconomic level, the New Climate Economy report (issued by a group of CEOs, leading economists, and former country presidents) challenged the persistent, but incorrect, view that we have to choose between expanding prosperity for billions of people and protecting our shared asset base (that is, Earth and its climate). In the U.S.,

Energy 15

Energy Assets Banking Government 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

Airbnb is an example of a win-win quality improvement: landlords realize more cash flow from their assets, and customers gain both better choice and lower costs in their travel lodging options. There is also immediate ROI for investments in basic services as population moves in, because they capture new revenues from new users.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Cash Flow B2B ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Startups, on the other hand, aren’t debt financed, because they’re too risky and unproven, and have no assets—not so appealing to lenders. Because of their relationships with banks, PE funds can get financing much cheaper than target companies could under their current management.

Revenue 14

Revenue ROI Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. Bain & Company and ROI Consultancy Services (formerly PollBuzzer) recently surveyed almost 2,200 consumers in Atlanta and Washington, DC, about the prices at eight retail chains carrying groceries.

Telecommunications 15

Telecommunications Sales Sales Revenue 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

While this would seem sufficient to alert the bank to his impending trip abroad, “transaction denied” flashes across the terminal screen, leaving this longtime customer stranded, fuming, and no longer so loyal. A traveler arrives in a foreign country and attempts to use his credit card to make a purchase.

Operations 13

Operations Metrics Onboarding Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Driving digital transformation really means driving rapid, efficient, and high-ROI responses to those changes. Spinning up an on-demand server in the cloud is not the same as building a security-hardened, permission-enabled asset track server loaded with the client’s applications and data. Let’s take banking, for example.

Digital Transformation 8

Digital Transformation Banking Software Rollout 8

Chief Executive

JANUARY 31, 2023

And we have a partnership with [the nonprofit] Feeding America in which each of our 254 stores is aligned with a food bank. Starting with all the assets we have today, how would you now design your team and processes and responsibilities from scratch? In 2021, we donated more than 13.6 million pounds of food.

Cash Flow 97

Cash Flow Software Travel ROI 97