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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
Financials From the Chief Financial Officer 2ms Harvard Business School’s economic model performed impressively in fiscal 2019. For the fifth consecutive year, revenues grew faster than expenses, resulting in a double-digit increase in View Details
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Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
Harvard Business School delivered strong financial results in fiscal 2018. Revenues exceeded our forecast, driving double-digit growth in cash from operations for the fourth consecutive year. This cash View Details
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A Market-Creation Story: Aravind Eye Care - Forum for Growth
high-end care, such as additional medical procedures and private rooms, to patients who were willing to pay for it, and he used the additional cash flow to subsidize or entirely cover the costs of patients...
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- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
explained, adding, "I also feel an overwhelming obligation to take good care of the money given to me by investors. The resources in this domain are so scarce—I want to succeed so more money will flow into the sector." "I...
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by Julia Hanna
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the beginning, but it gets easier. Are there any large deals to be made that could solve cash flow issues? —Johan Pensar (OPM 41, 2011) I think this is a clear example of mistaking a better product with...
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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
to adverse economic, industry, or competitive developments; require the company to devote a substantial portion of its cash flow to debt service, reducing the funds available for other purposes; limit their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
and read a twelve-month operating cash flow statement. Many HBS readers will recognize "The R&R Case," by HBS professor Howard Stevenson. Introduced in the 1980s, the case focuses on one of Reiss's business...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
economy and thus engendered earnings volatility. Finally, cable provided an outlet for cash flow generated by diversified media companies. During the 1960s, television broadcasting had grown into a very...
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- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
more than sufficient gains in sales to satisfy investors. The delivery routes proved a blessing in disguise, given still-tight real estate and labor markets, and more of the growth planned for 2001 focused on adding routes than on opening new retail stores. View Details
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
partners, and thinking about cash flow and how it works over five years do you buy this property or don’t buy that property? I always wanted to build a brand and a sustainable organization. This is the job...
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- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
investing in unicorns—highly valued, privately held start-ups—and the consequences of these investments for corporate governance provisions. Larger funds and those with more stable funding are more likely to invest in unicorns. Compared to venture capital groups (VCs),...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
outstanding. The increased debt from the deal would increase the risk to the company and to the existing bonds, and the bonds' prices would fall significantly as a result. Students can use discounted cash View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Concomitantly, the ability of companies to affect and measure the social interactions among customers has grown tremendously. Consequently, in assessing the full value of each customer to the firm it is no longer sufficient to only consider a customer’s worth in terms...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
guidance on cash flow issues, SBA loan applications, and adaptation strategies. The nonprofit is providing comprehensive support to enable these businesses to recover and prepare to reemerge. TAP, which...
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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Effects of Using Unverifiable Estimates in Financial Reporting Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts Abstract SFAS 142 requires managers to estimate reporting unit values to determine goodwill write-offs. Those estimates often use unverifiable discounted future...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
making, and practice. We discuss important implications and offer suggestions for further research. Read the paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0618 Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management Authors:Cynthia...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
proportion of their rising incomes, in marked contrast to Americans, who in recent years have saved almost none at all. Chinese corporations save an even larger proportion of their soaring profits. So plentiful are savings that, for the first time in centuries, the...
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- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
developers are very pragmatic and focused on solving problems. Scientists are focused on problems too, but their priority is often publication and that can sometimes come in the way of openness and sharing. The ideals of science are, of course, openness, sharing, and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
seat. Campaign spending on both sides has flowed freely. As of mid-October, Edwards had raised about $2.8 million to Taylor’s $1.9 million, according to the New York Times. About half of Edwards’s contributions came from political action...
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