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- 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
Becker, Bo, and Jagadeesh Sivadasan. "The Effect of Financial Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe." Art. 43. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10, no. 1 (2010).
- September 2000
- Article
Regulatory Free Cash Flow and the High Cost of Insurance Company Failures
By: Brian Hall
Hall, Brian. "Regulatory Free Cash Flow and the High Cost of Insurance Company Failures." Journal of Risk and Insurance 67, no. 3 (September 2000): 415–438.
- May 1998
- Article
Note, Using Capital Cash Flows to Value Dissenters' Shares in Appraisal Proceedings
Subramanian, Guhan. "Note, Using Capital Cash Flows to Value Dissenters' Shares in Appraisal Proceedings." Harvard Law Review 111, no. 7 (May 1998).
- February 1993 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
This case introduces the statement of cash flow through three examples of multi-year statements of cash flows from three unidentified companies. View Details
Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Financial Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Investment; Financial Statements; Cash Flow; Financing and Loans; Accounting Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples." Harvard Business School Case 193-103, February 1993. (Revised November 1998.)
- December 1989
- Article
The Equilibrium Valuation of Risky Discrete Cash Flows in Continuous Time
By: David C. Shimko
Shimko, David C. "The Equilibrium Valuation of Risky Discrete Cash Flows in Continuous Time." Journal of Finance 44, no. 5 (December 1989): 1373–1383.
- February 2013 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
King Abdullah Economic City in 2009: 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, energy... View Details
- August 2020
- Technical Note
Discounted Cash Flows (DCF) Valuation Methods and Their Application in Private Equity
Ivashina, Victoria. "Discounted Cash Flows (DCF) Valuation Methods and Their Application in Private Equity." Harvard Business School Technical Note 221-012, August 2020.
- 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
Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Short-Termism and Capital Flows." Review of Corporate Finance Studies 8, no. 1 (March 2019): 207–233.
- May 2001 (Revised February 2007)
- Background Note
Statement of Cash Flows, The
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the components of the statement of cash flow and its direct and indirect format of presentation. Also briefly explains the difference between cash and accrual accounting and provides examples of Standard Microsystems Corp. and Intel Corp. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Statement of Cash Flows, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-107, May 2001. (Revised February 2007.)
- December 1998
- Background Note
Cash Management Practices in Small Companies
By: H. Kent Bowen, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly and Baltej Kochar
Most small business managers claim that cash management is their leading concern. Often walking a tightrope between growth and illiquidity, small business managers face different cash management challenges than their counterparts in larger companies. Compared to larger... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Working Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Cash; Forecasting and Prediction; Policy; Business Strategy
Bowen, H. Kent, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly, and Baltej Kochar. "Cash Management Practices in Small Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-047, December 1998.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Cash flow struggles can take down a company or spark ideas that transform an industry
Plans that Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) had for an obstetrics practice ran into trouble when faced with unpaid claims and problems tracking patient records. In that, Bush saw an opportunity that forever changed the health records services industry. Record-keeping... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
Ask any small business owner and they will tell you that cash flow is on their mind pretty much all the time. This isn’t surprising, given that they are continuously managing dollars coming in from customers... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
“Where’s your cash register? I don’t hear the cash register ringing.” Cynthia Fisher (MBA 1990) still recalls the first words her father, a small-town accountant, uttered when he visited ViaCord’s startup... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cash flow. “My father had a CPA firm and occasionally acted as an angel investor,” she says. “In all, he helped start 30 different businesses in our area. He occasionally brought my sisters and me into the businesses as a learning... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- May 2007
- Article
Capital Flows and Capital Goods
By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel
Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial integration can promote growth. For the period 1980–1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Financial Markets; Economy; Distribution Channels; Machinery and Machining; Capital
Alfaro, Laura, and Eliza Hammel. "Capital Flows and Capital Goods." Journal of International Economics 72, no. 1 (May 2007): 128–150. (Link to working paper version.)
- January 2024
- Article
Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation – resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment – to identify the... View Details
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment." Economic Journal 134, no. 657 (January 2024): 1–22.
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Today, let us celebrate the end of an unjustifiable drain on the U.S.... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Nuritas
By: Mitchell Weiss, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Nora Khaldi had built a technology “to unlock the power of nature” in the service of extending human lifespan and improving health, and now in April 2020 was debating telling her Board of Directors she wanted to put on ice some of her discoveries. Nuritas, the company... View Details
Keywords: Cash Burn; Cash Flow Analysis; Pharmaceutical Companies; Founder; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing and Trials; Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Market Entry and Exit; AI and Machine Learning; Pharmaceutical Industry
Weiss, Mitchell, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Nuritas." Harvard Business School Case 822-080, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- September 2006
- Article
Discussion of 'Overinvestment of Free Cash Flow'
"Discussion of 'Overinvestment of Free Cash Flow' ." Review of Accounting Studies 11, nos. 2-3 (September 2006): 191–202.
- June 1993 (Revised April 1996)
- Teaching Note
Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples TN
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Teaching Note for (9-193-103). View Details