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

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.

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Wendy Kopp, who founded Teach For America , and Linda Rottenberg, who founded Endeavor are just two well-known examples. 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. The same is true of everyone on his team.

Bond 10

Bond Education Finance Video 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Large pools of capital have been funding risky ventures since antiquity (for example, when the wealthy Marcus Crassus backed an upstart Roman general named Julius Caesar). Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

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

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 8

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 8

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. Turning to today’s tech firms, one example is requiring disclosure of political ads and who paid for them. Take Facebook, for example.

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Policies Airlines Politics Proposal 8