20130204805 | SYSTEM FOR VALUING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - A system, comprising instructions executing on at least one computing device, to evaluate investment opportunities for an enterprise and calculate, for each investment opportunity, a strategic value of the investment opportunity to the enterprise and an estimated financial return of the investment. In some embodiments, in evaluating the strategic value of an investment opportunity, the opportunity evaluation system may assign to the investment opportunity one or more values with which the system was configured prior to receipt of information regarding the investment opportunity. The values that are assigned may be determined by the opportunity evaluation system in advance of evaluating investment opportunities, based at least in part on information collected from people affiliated with the enterprise. By determining the values in advance and evaluating each investment opportunity based on these predetermined values, the opportunity evaluation system may provide an objective and unbiased review of investment opportunities for the enterprise. | 08-08-2013 |