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Three Scenarios for Transforming the Finance Function
Mar 20, 2025 · Finance departments operate amid a constant stream of disruptions: talent scarcity, rapidly evolving technology, emerging environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. But …
A Primer on Restructuring Your Company’s Finances
Jun 9, 2020 · Government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have closed down a significant portion of the global economy, creating severe liquidity problems for many companies at a time when the …
The Finance Function in a Global Corporation
Historically, the finance functions in large U.S. and European firms have focused on cost control, operating budgets, and internal auditing. But as corporations go global, a world of finance opens ...
Does the Capital Asset Pricing Model Work?
And increasingly, problems in corporate finance are also benefiting from the same techniques. The response promises to be no less heated. CAPM, the capital asset pricing model, embodies the theory.
Calpine Corp.: The Evolution from Project to Corporate Finance
May 19, 2001 · In early 1999, Calpine Corp.'s CEO Pete Cartwright adopted an aggressive growth strategy with the goal of increasing the company's aggregate generating capacity from approximately …
U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis
Jul 23, 2024 · The risks of U.S. commercial banks being overexposed to commercial real estate (CRE) have intensified as the global pandemic upended long-held economic assumptions of perpetually …
A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance
Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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Shareholders Are Getting Serious About Sustainability
Sure, some heads of large investment firms say they care about sustainability, but in practice, investors, portfolio managers, and sell-side analysts rarely engage corporate executives on ...