Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In financial engineering, PE investors provide strong equity incentives to the management teams of their portfolio companies. For instance, despite the prominent role that discounted cash flow valuation methods play in academic finance courses, few PE investors use discounted cash flow or net present value techniques to evaluate investments.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Ideas with positive discounted cash flows get investment. One – possibly more promising — receives one more round of funding. Three companies end up taking 60% of all investment dollars. By contrast, for corporate innovators each idea needs to carry its own weight. Those that don’t, don’t.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. These criteria assume a limited supply of financial capital and that prudent allocation of financial capital determines a firm’s success.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8