Richard S. Ruback

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HBS Faculty Member Richard S. Ruback

Richard S. Ruback is the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance at Harvard Business School.

Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased

The valuation of forecasted cash flows can be an inaccurate process, especially when the forecasts are created by optimists who neglect to consider worst-case scenarios. In this paper, Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Ruback has developed methods of valuating forecasted cash flow when the predictions are biased upward.

Published in 2008

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

Managers of the ABRY Fund V were so successful they had investors waiting to pour in an additional $3 billion. But to invest that much would require trade-offs that could jeopardize the chemistry that made the fund successful in the first place. Take the money or walk away? From HBS Bulletin.

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