Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

The public pension funds, endowments, and foundations (called limited partners, or LPs) that foot the bill for the industry through their investments in VC funds do so to realize the outsized returns that VC claims to provide. There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 17

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). What PE firms do after they invest.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This means that it is better to return surplus capital in the form of repurchases (or through a special dividend) because increasing the ordinary dividend implicitly commits the firm to maintaining the higher dividend level in the future. Fewer companies would go public, instead financing themselves by taking on more debt.

Short-term 8

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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

The old model — get a job, earn money, pay back — is being replaced by an earlier commitment to change. How did Sal Khan finance his venture? First, Sal Khan could have continued in finance and made far more money than he does in a nonprofit. If not, the investors receive a lower return and risk losing their capital.

Bond 11

Bond Education Finance Video 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. As a result, entrepreneurs are fully committed to the economic performance of their company. Insight Center.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Rate of Return Long-term 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?

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8