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- 18 Dec 2019
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Thinking Smart About Numbers
G. Tsimerinov, (PLDA 16, 2017) (right) and Anu Dhir (GMP 2018) (middle) “Club members enjoyed hearing about the principal-agent problem, cash flow measures signaling value, and investor capitalism,” says...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan
flourished as did the nation’s social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy for years, and experts predict an...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
The awarding of “up-front” bonuses — before cash and profits from commercial endeavors — invites employees to maximize their short-term interests while compromising the company’s long-term interests. Systems of reward that ignore...
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- 18 Jan 2018
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The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
at the financial results. So the sales, the guest counts, and the gross margin cash flow implications. And in all cases, this was really a very positive impact. The business case was relatively...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Research Online
general idea that less was always more when it came to regulation, which, in part, contributed to the crisis. To that end, he calls for a fundamental shift in academic research on the government’s role in the economy. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6575.html. Valuation...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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Document Assesses Impact of Financial Crisis, Looks Ahead
Annual Report The economic crisis was a catalyst for radical shifts in budget management at HBS, which enabled the School to remain cash flow positive and conclude the year ended June 30, 2009, with a strong...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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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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- 01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?
vertically integrated, local market. In technology, capital flows to the location where products can be produced most quickly and cheaply for the moment; our model focuses on the long-term sustainability that comes from the health of the...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business
center the company remodeled, is expected to cost about $200,000 to break even.) The sector is not of interest to venture capital or many angels. The company is too small for private equity. There is not enough of a track record of cash...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives
1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s crumbling infrastructure and its...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2018
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Combating Climate Change
If global temperatures rise by 6 degrees celsius by 2050—as they are on track to do—officials at the International Energy Agency say the changes would bring “devastating consequences for the planet.” And those consequences will extend to business: Storm-lashed...
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- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
in the high single digits, so money started flowing in.” (By law, REITs must annually pay out 90 percent of their net revenues, generated largely by rents and leases that make them — in good times — cash...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Health Care’s New Frontier
athenahealth was operating 13 practices and achieving 50 percent revenue growth. The only snag was cash flow. “It was almost impossible to get claims paid reliably or to keep track of the basic information View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief
offers a powerful alternative for identifying value-price gaps. The authors provide everything the reader needs to utilize the discounted cash flow model successfully. And they add an important twist: They...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those...
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- 26 Nov 2019
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
threatening cash flow issues. On the flip side, new questions arise, such as what is in the algorithms being written and who owns a customer’s data? How we choose to use and share our financial data will be...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an...
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Deborah Blagg
- 21 Feb 2018
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
good return on their product, more than enough to offset the increased cost of additional labor, says Wiviott. “You do the conversions for a couple of years,” he says, “and then after that you have a very stable cash View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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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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- 07 Nov 2016
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The Business of Saving Old Buildings
right around Faneuil Hall. “So that’s pretty much what I’ve associated with my success in helping bring the Faneuil Hall Markets into existence in the 1960s. “In the Architecture Heritage Foundation, I was producing a substantial cash...
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