Discounted Cash Flows - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

reallocates resources to go after those 'cracks', they will be missed." At the end of the day, he wrote, "most investors are looking at total cash flow return on total investment. An agile... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

you don't model the importance of sweating the details. Downturns expose the weaknesses in your internal systems, observes Chuang. Technical expertise—the ability to solve cash flow problems, interpret what... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

2001, real estate has become a legitimate asset class and a good diversifier from stocks and bonds. Second, with graying populations in the West and Japan, real estate is particularly appreciated because it is a strong generator of current View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

was roughly a $12 billion company then, and the business was doing well. But what I kept on saying is that big companies with relatively stable cash flows take a long time to die unless they really screw... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business - Course Catalog

relationship with customers passes through an intermediary? What are the best price arrangements to align channel partners? What are best practices to act against competitors’ pricing moves? How do we stand our ground against customers who demand lower prices? Is it... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

and read a twelve-month operating cash flow statement. Many HBS readers will recognize "The R&R Case," by HBS professor Howard Stevenson. Introduced in the 1980s, the case focuses on one of Reiss's business... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

a mountain of cash — 40 to 50 percent of Baupost’s $14 billion–plus in assets — for several years, the firm’s recent investments have cut its cash stash in half. Distress selling, it seems, breeds the kind... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

average, NPEs appear to behave as opportunistic “patent trolls.” NPEs sue cash-rich firms and target cash in business segments unrelated to alleged infringement at essentially the same frequency as they target View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

model that makes sense for retail operators without subsidy. Using a franchising model that relies on seasoned local entrepreneurs, communication technology that monitors flows and quality, payment technology that takes View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
Case

Earl Gordon - Eastern Circle

By: Steven Rogers and Greg White

This case follows an African-American entrepreneur through the process of sourcing a potential acquisition, valuing a company, and securing the funding to purchase the company. This entrepreneur must decide if he should close the deal and which financing term sheet to... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

significant political and macro-economic uncertainty facing the industry. As part of the investment analysis a complete discounted cash flow analysis must be performed.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

road or power grid is a competent counterparty. Make the cash flow tradable. Don't require the early investors to tie up risk capital for the 30-year life of an infrastructure project; get the debt or equity... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

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From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020

primarily reflected the decision to pause the delivery of Executive Education programs from mid-March through the end of June as a result of COVID-19. Total expenses increased 1 percent to $831 million, resulting in a net margin contribution of 3.5 percent, compared... View Details

May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
Case

Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene

"Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

807-126 PRG-Schultz will run out of cash within a couple of months unless the new CEO can reduce costs and restructure the company's debt. PRG was the dominant market leader in the audit recovery industry. The industry consisted of firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

borrowers to restructure their debts. Performing mortgages could then potentially be resold in the secondary market. The case provides cash flow projections in various economic scenarios that are revealing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

meet the cash flow crunch that prevents children from staying in school past Class V, and vocational education to ensure that the formal education they receive is complemented with more immediately... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

Camino business is underbanked and informally run, lacking the data footprint that regular cash deposits and a digital bookkeeping system provide. Finally, some of Camino’s borrowers are undocumented immigrants to the United States.... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

his manager's approval—from the cash register. That practice is a gray zone, but would hardly qualify as a moral one. By contrast, the same employee setting aside a clothing item in a storage room to later purchase for himself when the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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