Publications

September 1992 (Revised September 1992)
Case

Northrop Corporation: Statement of Cash Flow

Article

Short-Termism and Capital Flows

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

During 2007–2016, S&P 500 firms distributed to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account... View Details

Keywords: Short-termism; Quarterly Capitalism; Share Buybacks; Open Market Repurchases; Dividends; Equity Issuances; Seasoned Equity Offerings; Equity Compensastion; Acquisitions; Payout Policy; Capital Flows; Capital Distribution; Working Capital; Business and Shareholder Relations; Acquisition

2000
Mimeo

Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Cash Flow; Capital; Valuation

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December 2002
Background Note

Simulation of Prices, Rates and Cash Flows (A)

Explicitly considers the most common propagation models for financial variables and explains how to determine the statistical properties of these variables and simulate their future values. Covers arithmetic Brownian motion, geometric Brownian motion, mean-reversion,... View Details

Keywords: Price; Cash Flow

Educators

March 1986
Article

Calculating the Market Value of Riskless Cash Flows

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Value; Markets; Price; Cash Flow

April 2025
Supplement

Customer Acquisition and the Cash Flow Trap Supplement

By: E. Ofek, Barak Libai and Eitan Muller

January 2017
Supplement

Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners: Cash Flow Tool

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton

DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita) is one of the U.S.'s leading dialysis providers, a process whereby persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are connected to a machine that performs the functions of a healthy kidney. Kent Thiry, DaVita's CEO, has expanded... View Details

Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Startup Management; Startup; Strategic Positioning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States

2020
Working Paper

Currency Hedging in Emerging Markets: Managing Cash Flow Exposure

By: Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani and Liliana Varela

Foreign currency derivative markets are among the largest in the world, yet their role in emerging markets in particular, is relatively understudied. We study firms' currency risk exposure and their hedging choices by employing a unique dataset covering the universe of... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Currency Hedging; FX Derivatives; Foreign Currency Debt; Currency Mismatch; Trade Credit; Currency; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets

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May 2024
Tutorial

Crash Tutorial on Cash Flow Statements for MBA Students

By: Jung Koo Kang

Keywords: Cash Flow

October 2019
Supplement

Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit? Exercise on Cash Flows

By: Shikhar Ghosh

November 2015
Exercise

GenapSys Exercise - Introduction to Free Cash Flow Curves

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton

Exercise to accompany "GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome" View Details

January 2019
Case

King Abdullah Economic City: Population Drivers and Cash Flow

By: John D. Macomber

CEO of high profile new economic city in Saudi Arabia must decide how to allocate limited investment funds across projects under duress. Issues include understanding core economic drivers; planning infrastructure investment and return; attracting multinationals; and... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Resource Allocation; Decision Making; City; Real Estate Industry; Saudi Arabia

Educators

19 Mar 2015
News

Startup Raises $40M to Keep Small Businesses’ Cash Flowing

Web

HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial... View Details

Article

The Valuation of Cash Flow Forecasts: An Empirical Analysis

By: S. N. Kaplan and R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Valuation; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory

Web

HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial... View Details

Web

Statement of Activity & Cash Flows | Annual Report 2024

Statement of Activity & Cash Flows All figures shown in millions of dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30. Revenues 2024 2023 2022 MBA Tuition & Fees $ 150 $ 152 $ 137 Executive Education Tuition 245... View Details

06 Apr 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Currency Hedging in Emerging Markets: Managing Cash Flow Exposure

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani, and Liliana Varela; Financial Services

2010
Article

The Effect of Financial Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe

We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm-level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive, on... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Development Economics; Investment; Cash Flow; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Economy; Financial Markets; Business Subsidiaries; Capital Markets; Assets; Financing and Loans; Europe