Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

If paying excessive CEO salaries is the most maligned use of corporate funds, stock buybacks may well take second place. Conventional wisdom is that CEOs buy back stock to manipulate the short-term stock price. Higher CEO ownership stakes typically improve long-term stock returns. Laura Schneider for HBR.

Short-term 8

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It’s a risky strategy that can leave startup CEOs in mis-aligned partnerships with unrealistic expectations. Investors in VC funds see returns data from a wide range of firms, and those performance figures make it clear that many well-known “brand” VC funds consistently fail to generate minimum venture rates of return.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

Rather, they rely on internal rates of return and multiples of invested capital. Instead, PE investors typically target a 22% internal rate of return on their investments on average (with the vast majority of target rates of return between 20 and 25%), a return that appears to be above a CAPM-based rate.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Investors will not only have the potential for a decent rate of return but can be secure in the knowledge that they’re "part of the social mission to cure.". On the other, startups with women as CEOs – not simply VPs or boardmembers – are more likely to do poorly. So how do you pay for it? Imagine it sold like hotcakes.

Marketing 8

Marketing Rate of Return Disruptive Innovation Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This week, CEOs and world leaders met at the UN to talk climate. The CEO leaders of the parade, like Richard Branson and Unilever’s Paul Polman, took the stage at The Climate Group’s climate week launch event in New York on Monday. At the same time, the cost of renewable energy has dropped very far, very fast.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Once the strategic vision is in place, senior leadership, including the CEO, will need to champion it personally in order to overcome institutional resistance and break down silos between departments. Another critical piece of the puzzle is acquiring the right capabilities.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But what much of the VC world might not realize, is that female-led firms may have a higher rate of return on average than male-led firms. had a female CEO. The evidence suggests that having no female partners makes VC firms less likely to invest in female-founded or female-led firms.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8