Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > To elaborate, a company’s intrinsic equity value reflects the long-term cash flows that shareholders expect to receive over time, discounted at the appropriate risk-adjusted cost of equity capital. But the scales have now tipped in favor of accelerating growth.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

Airbnb is an example of a win-win quality improvement: landlords realize more cash flow from their assets, and customers gain both better choice and lower costs in their travel lodging options. They should also encourage sources of repayment for such investments beyond just user fees.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Cash Flow B2B ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met him again two months ago: six years later he had scaled up by a factor of ten — all the result of organic growth — and employs over 6000 people. Scale-up means growth, and growth means jobs, wealth, and tax revenues. Unjam the exit if you really want to improve entrance and scale-up. Even better.

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Balance Sheet Government Scaling Cash Flow 10

Chris LoCutro

APRIL 23, 2024

Could you do a scale of payouts? You know what, if it's a, we look at an opportunity for, maybe there's something inside of the business that is an asset that we're not needing anymore, we could sell that off. If there's other options like assets or things, great, there's a ton of different ways. That's gonna take some time?

Small Business 40

Small Business Succession Planning Operations Assets 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Our belief is that the earnings of long-term companies will rely less on accounting decisions and more on underlying cash flow than other companies. ” Economic profit represents a company’s profit after subtracting a charge for the capital that the firm has invested (working capital, fixed assets, goodwill).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

But these claims are very rarely backed up by large-scale evidence, and often driven by a misunderstanding of how buybacks actually operate. A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.”

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Cash Flow Government Scaling Assets 8

Chief Executive

MARCH 3, 2023

Companies had relatively uniform pricing, cost to serve also was relatively uniform as the products were just dropped at the customer’s receiving dock, and economies of scale meant that large production volumes led to diminishing unit costs. They generate significant additional profit, cash flow and customer service benefits.

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Metrics Cash Flow ROI Revenue 98

Zenefits

JULY 27, 2022

As your small business continues to scale, cash flow transparency and accounting efficiency become harder to maintain. It may depend on highly manual processes, making accounting tasks impossible to scale with demand. Poor cash flow visibility. Fixed asset management. Payroll compliance. Data capture.

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Accounts Accounts Payable Cash Flow Software 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

So as the liquidation value of the assets in question increases, so does the amount a lender will provide in return for a given amount of collateral, thus lowering the effective cost of capital for retailers. Inventory-based lending also makes it easier to carry out transactions such as leveraged buyouts.

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