Publications

Educators

April 1984
Exercise

Present Value Investment Problems

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Keywords: Investment; Valuation

Fast Answer

First time investments in private equity and M&A.

Placements section select Valuations In the window Screening Criteria: Transaction Valuations, set the value to "= 1" Click add criteria Add other filters date and those listed under Private Placement Transaction... View Details

August 2013
Supplement

HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (B-2): Oystein Moan

By: Paul A. Gompers, Karol Misztal and Joris Van Gool

Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Negotiations; Finance; Valuation; Europe

12 Sep 2016
News

HBS Alumni Startups Are Raking in VC Funds

are 13 “unicorns”—firms with valuations over $1 billion. The article also cites a report in the Financial Times that 28 percent of recent HBS graduates had started companies, often while employed with other firms. Read the complete... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2022
News

Making It Count

faculty chair of the IWA Project and author of the 2022 book Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World. “It’s very hard to have accountability about those claims, both externally and internally, without a valuation mechanism... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

December 2002
Article

Introduction to 'Valuation in Emerging Markets'

By: Robert Bruner, Robert Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Wei Li

The purpose of the Batten Institute/Association for Investment Management and Research/Emerging Markets Review conference was to examine the challenges of valuing assets in emerging markets. These challenges are immensely interesting to practitioners and scholars for... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Emerging Markets

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1978
Book

Equity Valuation: Models, Analysis and Implications

By: David Hawkins and Walter J. Campbell

Keywords: Equity; Valuation; Theory

March 2018
Supplement

Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Aldo Sesia

This courseware was created to allow students to model E-Leather's enterprise value (EV) in early 2014. Yellow cells in the Enterprise Value (EV) worksheets indicate where students provide inputs. The other worksheets provide information to help students make... View Details

Keywords: Valuation

Ross built a small family funeral parlor business into the world’s largest media company by the time of his death. In 1962, Ross took the funeral parlor business, Kinney, public at a market valuation of $12.5 million. From that initial... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

August 2024
Technical Note

Is Concentrated Ownership Good?

By: Christina R. Wing, Everett Alexander and Justin Huang

This note provides an overview of factors to consider when valuing a closely held, private business. View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; Valuation

Educators

July 1983 (Revised March 1986)
Case

Fred Johnson's Adjustable Rate Convertible Note

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Valuation

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

stock valuation President Trump’s executive order in June suspending new work visas barred nearly 200,000 foreign workers from entering the United States and prevents American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2012
News

HBS Gift Planning

family in the future. Under current IRS valuation methods, the portion of a charitable lead trust gift that will be transferred to family can be discounted, meaning that significant gifts can be made with little or no gift and estate tax... View Details

Fast Answer

Betas

Room Media Collection Industry BETA Valuation handbook. Industry cost of capital. Ref. HG 4028 .V3 V34 in the Stamps Reading Room. Provides industry ratios by SIC code. Includes market capitalization, margins, equity valuation, and... View Details

June 2004
Teaching Note

Pre-Money / Post-Money Tutorial (Instructor Guide)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note to (9-803-703). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Valuation; Finance; Online Technology

Web

Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog

deal structures, incentives, business models and valuation in much greater detail than TEM. Approximately one-third of the cases concern technology-based businesses, though the emphasis is on gaining insights into entrepreneurial... View Details

July 1997
Background Note

Basic Capital Investment Analysis

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Discusses the net present value and internal rate of return methods for analyzing capital investments. Assumes prior knowledge of compound interest and present value methods. View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Valuation

Educators