By any normal measure of risk and return, they should insist that new investments produce a faster payback.
For Mig Halpine, $135 or so a barrel simply means "a faster payback for our solar panels" — three giant jet-black sheets tilted to catch the sun behind the house in Bethany, Conn., that he shares with his wife, Calico Harington, and their children, Miles, 13, and Ella, 11.
A better idea with a faster payback: Get out the caulk.
If companies are going to move a client support center they're going to look for very fast payback.
Venture capital and private equity funds, which control much larger capital pools than crowdfunding, also invest in circular models, however, their requirements for high growth and relatively fast payback horizons can mean this source of finance is limited for circular businesses.
Nowhere would investment in public infrastructure have a bigger or faster payback than in relief of congestion at the big international airports serving the New York metropolitan region.
Investors are demanding faster payback schedules, better guarantees and even a say in how movies are made and marketed.
Rather than require immediate capital upgrades, this proposal improves the maintenance and operations of existing systems — improvements with the lowest cost and the fastest payback in energy savings.
All but $0.05/ft2 $0.54/m22) of this difference is explained by when fast-payback measures are installed; load-reduction benefits were insufficient to justify delaying fast-payback measures.
This suggests that capital availability is a determinant of retrofit financial performance, and ordering measures for optimal load reduction is inferior to ordering measures with fast-payback when these strategies conflict.
