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- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
the potential existed to sell the company soon for a substantial return to one of its competitors. However, if the market turned in a big way, the potential valuation could come screaming down. The business would not fail, as it was choosing its customers and was...
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by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
long-term “strategy” is fun to talk about but rarely works out the way you planned it. I would focus on proving out the revenue (and profit) model and trying to get to cash flow breakeven by delighting the...
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- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Turnarounds and Transformation
text-decoration:underline">Peloton to report lower cash burn on bumpy road to turnaround, Reuters, 31 January 2023 Peloton Interactive: Turnaround Largely on Track Despite Many Moving Pieces, Deutsche Bank report in LSEG Workspace, 2...
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- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
important, improvements in logistics; cross-border flows of labor, capital, and ideas; weakened intellectual property protection; and improved global communication have helped people, money, products, and ideas to disperse throughout the...
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by William Mahoney
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
Purchasing catastrophic reinsurance coverage protects your job—but only if a hurricane hits. Spending all that cash will raise your boss's eyebrows because it raises the pressure on him. "People are shortsighted," explains...
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- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
opportunity is very, very short.— Ted Johnson, New England Patriots Topics covered in the course included entrepreneurship; tax and other legal responsibilities; assessing financial health; managing yourself; analyzing a business model; personal real estate investment;...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
product, with a case study and clear pricing. It can be a little scary to give up the consulting revenue, which likely provides cash flow to fund the development of the productized offerings. The downside of...
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- 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
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
speakers: Maria Bartiromo, anchor, CNBC; Betsy D. Holden, president & CEO, Kraft Foods North America Bartiromo on gauging a company’s strengths: Watch the fundamentals. “Cash flow does not lie.” Scrutinize the management. “Governance is...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
company like Roomi launches on the crowdfunding platform Republic, all of a sudden anyone with some spare cash can ride the highs and lows of its future performance. Until recently, the only way in for mom-and-pop investors was to wait...
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Sasha Issenberg
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
Experienced negotiators are generally comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract: They bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits, and iron out detailed exit clauses. But these same seasoned professionals often...
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- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
cash holdings by moving them into institutions that invest directly in money markets. But cash is not king if there are no people to rule. Cash still needs to be lent if it is...
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by Staff
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
had initiated in the summer, and on which a tremendous amount of work has been done. I am very aware that we need to do more work on diversity, equity and inclusion across gender, across race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, diversity of...
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- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
implications of these relationships for start-up innovation and performance. Value creation in such relationships occurs when assets are exchanged by the parties involved: collaboration allows for passive knowledge flows and active...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when revenue and cash View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex) investment strategy that focuses on investment targets that have both mission-critical products or services that are approaching obsolescence but producing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
by $2.1 trillion in 2010 dollars. By either measure, cash flows received from abroad exceeded 160% of net investments, implying that foreign investment over these periods was dynamically efficient. Download...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest from foreign affiliates exceeded net equity investments and loans...
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Sean Silverthorne