Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

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). First, Sal Khan could have continued in finance and made far more money than he does in a nonprofit.

Bond 14

Bond Education Finance Video 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. To disrupt the larger ecosystem, accelerators will need to evolve their models to push companies through later stages of the business lifecycle.

Hedge 16

Hedge Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In particular, we are interested in how many of their responses correlate with what academic finance knows and what it teaches. Rather, they rely on internal rates of return and multiples of invested capital. the notion that debt financing can be “cheap” at certain times).

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CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Sure, you may know this already, but people who haven’t studied finance often find this statement confusing. HBR TOOLS: Return on Investment. Finance & Accounting Tool. It’s where your company’s finance department will ask the toughest questions and scrutinize your estimates and assumptions most carefully.

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ROI Analysis Rate of Return Net Present Value 8

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.

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Short-term Long-term Intangible Assets Rate of Return 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

There are a variety of ways to calculate a return on investment (ROI) — net present value , internal rate of return , breakeven — but the simplest is payback period. But without returns in future years you’re not actually making anything on your investment. Finance & Accounting Article.

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Payback Period Net Present Value ROI Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

. “At most companies, the cost of capital is a mechanical calculation done by the finance people. Then the management team takes that number and decides on the discount rate, or hurdle rate, that you have to exceed to justify an investment,” he says. or 11% as the discount rate. or 11% as the discount rate.

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Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

One school of thought held that, for microfinance to scale and attract and maintain commercial capital, it needed to show that it could achieve market rates of return. First and foremost, we need mechanisms to insure we scale impact alongside financial return. Second, should microfinance make money, and if so, how much?

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Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 11

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. VCs understand these dynamics, and work hard to keep their performance numbers confidential. Insight Center.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

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. stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

One next-generation example already available today is YieldStreet, which offers a wide variety of debt investments—including real estate, marine finance, and litigation finance–that have generated an internal rate of return in excess of 12.5% on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We believe that business-friendly candidates could win, but companies should make sure that their Mexico investments have an acceptable rate of return even under this populist scenario. When it comes to Brazil, the economy is picking up.

Market Risk 13

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If we conclude that an industry is a natural monopoly, so competition in that industry just cannot work, we need to resort to price or rate-of-return regulation; we do this for utilities. First, antitrust does not break up or regulate a firm simply because it has grown to be large or powerful. Other laws do that.

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Policies Airlines Politics Proposal 9