Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

But it's this set of beliefs that explains why Western companies fail to succeed in emerging markets where middle class consumers demand good quality at low prices, and why these companies struggle to develop value-for-money products for their home markets during slow growth times like these. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

Quality 13

Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

hit an all-time high, but Paul Heffington, Allen Printing's owner and CEO, wasn't celebrating. And when Allen Printing's bank, facing problems of its own in 2010, suddenly called in its loan, the company was so strapped for cash that it had to file for Chapter 11. For Allen Printing, 2008 should have been a banner year.

Metrics 8

Metrics Working Capital Restructuring Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

Founding CEOs realize—or fail to realize—that their maniacal energy and personal devotion can only take their enterprises so far. Yet those resources don't exist in the social enterprise market—even though the need is essentially the same. Normal business complexity sets in.

Finance 9

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Google has its own contender in the market, Google Voice. Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Its market cap has steadily grown over the same period and stood at around US$30 billion as of 2010.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Ganguly, CEO of DimDim, suggested that we organized “virtual book readings” over their platform. Through the spring of 2010, we released four volumes of EJ books and continued to experiment with the roundtables, which became increasingly popular. Meanwhile, in January 2010 my New Year’s resolution was published.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54