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Note on the Financial Perspective: What Should Entrepreneurs Know?

By: William A. Sahlman
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:20 
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Abstract

Identifies concepts and tools of finance that are useful to general managers and critical to entrepreneurs: cash, risk, and value.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship; Cash; Financial Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, And Techniques; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Value

Citation

Sahlman, William A. "Note on the Financial Perspective: What Should Entrepreneurs Know?" Harvard Business School Background Note 293-045, September 1992.
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William A. Sahlman

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