Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

They particularly overpay when the interest rate – the rate of return required by the bank – is high, just as firms particularly repurchase when the stock price is low and thus the rate of return required by shareholders is high. Debt is a useful analogy for a second reason.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Intangible Assets Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Finally, innovation in the financial markets are funding novel approaches to address these problems. How did Sal Khan finance his venture? His backers believe that investing in Khan Academy represents one of the highest returns in improving education around the world (see this HBS case for more on how funders decided to get involved).

Bond 12

Bond Education Finance Video 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Impact investors over the past decade largely focused on proving that impact investments could achieve a “market rate” or above return profile. Making something wildly profitable will of course attract the attention of financial markets, and thus increase the chances it will scale effectively.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

They can also run into trouble syndicating later rounds of financing if other VC firms see that they are losing partners, or suspect that they are a “zombie” firm, unable to raise a subsequent fund. Most VC funds fail, by a wide margin, to deliver those minimum returns. Insight Center. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. But applied to U.S. But applied to U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time.

Hedge 15

Hedge Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Second, Uber and Netflix appealed to a younger superconsumer before they entered the category, which caught the market leaders flat-footed. This is not surprising, since 67% find investing scary and confusing and 52% believe the ‘investment market is rigged against people like me.’ index funds).

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

We use market concentration as a proxy or a signal about whether a market is competitive. markets have in fact become significantly more concentrated over the past 20 or 30 years. One interpretation is that when a market gets more concentrated, that means it’s less competitive, so we have a problem.

Policies 8

Policies Airlines Politics Proposal 8