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  • 24 Nov 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased

Keywords: by Richard S. Ruback
  • Book Review

Book Review of 'Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America' by Sarah Zukerman Daly

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Why do some non-state actors, under the same peace accord, go back to violence in the aftermath of the disarming and demobilization of their armies, while others remain demilitarized? In her book, Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in... View Details
Keywords: Civil War; Government; Government and Politics; Governance; National Security; Governance Compliance; Latin America
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  • October 2014
  • Article

Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
We construct measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries considering both creditor and debtor side of the international debt transactions. Using these measures, we demonstrate that sovereign-to-sovereign... View Details
Keywords: Current Account; Aid/government Debt; Reserves; Puzzles; Productivity; Sovereign Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics
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  • 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
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

By: John Horton, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton
Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root, the micro- and macro-level studies of their operations, their ongoing evolution and recent trends, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Talent and Talent Management; Labor
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  • April 2025 (Revised May 2025)
  • Background Note

Customer Acquisition and the Cash Flow Trap

By: E. Ofek, Barak Libai and Eitan Muller
Startups as well as existing firms recognize the need to invest in order to acquire customers for their new ventures. And as each customer is expected at some point to have generated sufficient gross margins to cover their CAC, management expects that, soon enough, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Customers; Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Business or Company Management
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  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Podcast

Mapping the flow of knowledge, goods, and jobs

Harvard Business School professor Willy Shih provides an update on post-pandemic global trade, supply chain snags, workforce development, and the challenges of getting industrial policy right. View Details
  • October 1987 (Revised January 2013)
  • Background Note

Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models

By: William A. Sahlman
Explores some of the issues involved in valuing cash flow streams. A simple model is presented that reveals the effect on value of changing assumptions about the appropriate discount rate, the level of profitability, the growth rate of sales, the asset intensity ratio,... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Valuation
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  • September 2006
  • Exercise

"Shad" Process Flow Design (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro
Provides detailed instructions to prepare for factory demonstration day. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
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  • February 1999 (Revised June 2003)
  • Exercise

"Shad" Process Flow Design (C)

By: Roy D. Shapiro
Provides detailed instructions to prepare for factory demonstration day. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
Keywords: Production
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  • February 1996 (Revised August 1998)
  • Exercise

Process Flow Design Exercise (C)

By: Janice H. Hammond
Provides detailed instructions for auditors to help them prepare for the factory demonstration day. Each audit position is described and a time line outlining responsibilities for the four phases of the simulation is provided. View Details
Keywords: Business Processes
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  • December 2005
  • Comment

Review of "The Monetary Geography of Africa," by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Patillo

By: Laura Alfaro
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  • January 2009
  • Journal Article

The Fiscal Impact of High-skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S.

By: Mihir Desai, D. Kapur, J. McHale and K Rogers
Easing immigration restrictions for the highly skilled in developed countries portends a future of increased human capital outflows from developing countries. The myriad consequences of these developments for developing countries include the direct loss of the fiscal... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Human Capital; Mathematical Methods; India; United States
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  • March 2011
  • Case

Cash Flow Productivity at PepsiCo: Communicating Value to Retailers

PepsiCo developed a new metric that better measured the value added by Pepsi products than did gross margin, the traditional metric used by retailers to determine shelf space and promotional activity. The new metric, cash flow productivity, captured the value of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Cash Flow; Measurement and Metrics; Distribution; Performance Productivity; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 2018
  • Chapter

Are Licensing Markets Local? An Analysis of the Geography of Vertical Licensing Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals

By: Juan Alcacer, John Cantwell and Michelle Gittelman
As the value chain of the pharmaceutical industry disaggregates, upstream discovery is increasingly carried out by small research-specialized firms while downstream development, testing and marketing is conducted by global pharmaceutical firms. Licensing plays an... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Rights; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • October 2009
  • Article

Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients

By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that family trustees... View Details
Keywords: Value; Information; Investment Funds; Stocks; Relationships; Financial Services Industry
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  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

The credit crunch and subsequent collapse of the nonprime mortgage market claimed many victims, including hundreds of thousands of low- and moderate-income Americans who lost... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 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
  • July 2001
  • Technical Note

Technical Note on LBO Valuation (B): The Equity Cash Flow Method of Valuation using CAPM

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Explains the equity cash flow method of valuation as it applies to leveraged buyouts. Also explains how to implement the changing cost of equity method using the CAPM. View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Equity; Valuation
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  • 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
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