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- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) has a lot of work to do. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,” says Goodwin-Groen, managing...
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- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Free Cash Flow
A technical note that defines free cash flow (FCF).
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Free Cash Flow." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-126, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- February 2016
- Exercise
Jim Sharpe: Operational Cash Flow Tool
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
In this exercise, you will examine the cash flow implications of different operating model assumptions and the effect that this has on financing decisions.
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Fuller, Joseph B., Shikhar Ghosh, and Christopher Payton. "Jim Sharpe: Operational Cash Flow Tool." Harvard Business School Exercise 816-070, February 2016.
- 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...
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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.
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Boston Teamwork: From left, Chuck Eisenberg (MBA ’78), Arjuna Costa (MBA ’01), John Flanagan (AMP 96, 1985), Tom White (MBA ’69), Mark Alston-Follansbee, Marco Bitran (MBA ’03), and Charles Cassidy (MBA ’83). When Mark Alston-Follansbee, executive director of the...
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- August 2013
- Background Note
A Simple Free Cash Flow Valuation Model
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,...
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Sahlman, William A. "A Simple Free Cash Flow Valuation Model." Harvard Business School Background Note 814-027, August 2013.
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,” says Goodwin-Groen, managing...
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- June 2007
- Supplement
Metro Cash & Carry
By: Tarun Khanna
Khanna, Tarun. "Metro Cash & Carry." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 707-812, June 2007.
- Web
Cash House | About
Skip to Main Content Cash House James I. Cash, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Cash House is named to honor the legacy and contributions of James I. Cash, James E. Robison...
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- August 1976 (Revised October 1976)
- Background Note
Cash Flow and the Time Value of Money
With the use of charts and examples, gives a detailed description of cash flows, the time value of money, and discounted cash flow analysis.
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Frey, Sherwood C. "Cash Flow and the Time Value of Money." Harvard Business School Background Note 177-012, August 1976. (Revised October 1976.)
- February 1996
- Exercise
Free Cash Flow Valuation Problem Set
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Free cash flow valuation problems: 1) build a simple pro forma, 2) value a public company's stock, and 3) evaluate a proposed LBO.
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Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Free Cash Flow Valuation Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 396-269, February 1996.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased
This paper focuses adaptations to the discount cash flow (DCF) method when valuing forecasted cash flows that are biased measures of expected cash flows. I imagine a simple setting where the expected cash flows equal the forecasted cash flows plus an omitted downside....
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Cost of Capital;
Performance Expectations;
Prejudice and Bias;
Valuation
Ruback, Richard S. "Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-036, October 2010.
- spring 1982
- Article
Rechannelling the Cash Flow
By: Marc L Bertoneche and C. Viallet
Keywords:
Cash Flow
Bertoneche, Marc L., and C. Viallet. "Rechannelling the Cash Flow." Spectrum, no. 1 (spring 1982).
- October 1997 (Revised June 2000)
- Exercise
Capital Budgeting: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
By: Thomas R. Piper
This exercise comprises seven problems that collectively allow students to work through each type of cash flow that is encountered in capital budgeting. The instructor can also address such issues as product cannibalization and real options.
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Piper, Thomas R. "Capital Budgeting: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 298-068, October 1997. (Revised June 2000.)
- 13 Jun 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings
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by Juliane Begenau and Berardino Palazzo
- December 1994 (Revised September 2012)
- Background Note
Note on Valuing Equity Cash Flows
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
A technical note for advanced students on the topic of valuing highly-levered equity. Introduces the "equity cash flow" valuation methodology, shows how to use it, discusses the sources and signs of its built-in biases, and provides some guidance about when to use it.
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Luehrman, Timothy A. "Note on Valuing Equity Cash Flows." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-085, December 1994. (Revised September 2012.)
- September 2002 (Revised April 2004)
- Background Note
Valuing Cash Flows in an International Context
Addresses the question of how to value cash flows in an international context. Focuses on entrepreneurial ventures, but its content applies to finance issues that arise in established multinational enterprises. Addresses cash flows, discount rates, country risk...
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Kuemmerle, Walter, and Matias Braun. "Valuing Cash Flows in an International Context." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-028, September 2002. (Revised April 2004.)
- November 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Cash America International, Inc.
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Jamie O'Connell and Dena Votroubek
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Jamie O'Connell, and Dena Votroubek. "Cash America International, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 395-124, November 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- 29 Apr 2022
- Video
Painting the Portrait of Jim Cash
- 23 May 2019
- News