N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations. It has the strongest balance sheet, is the most profitable mining business in the world (measured by underlying earnings and cash generation), has substantially reduced costs (by some $6 billion), working capital ($3.5

Gordon 150

Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

It's an example of an organization seeking to meet this challenge of scale by providing top-tier, in-kind expertise and working capital to promising social enterprises. Hoping to fill this need, my firm, Bain & Company and six other partners founded Social Business Trust (SBT) in the U.K.

Finance 8

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

The old approach to Russia won’t work. Experienced executives in this market have gone through at least two large crises over the past 20 years: in 1998 when the government defaulted on its debts, and in 2009 when Russia was infected by the global financial crisis.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. Then the recession hit, and the problem receded as port traffic slowed.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In 2009, with $60,000 in seed money from the not-for-profit VC organization Echoing Green , and with the Harvard Business School's first social entrepreneur fellowship , Scharpf founded Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE). In turn, SHE reinvests its profits in new geographies or other disruptive enterprises.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

” Economic profit represents a company’s profit after subtracting a charge for the capital that the firm has invested (working capital, fixed assets, goodwill). Another way to measure the value creation of long-term companies is to look through the lens of what is known as “economic profit.”

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8