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Are You Growing Too Fast?

Harvard Business Review

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. Heffington, working with Steve Curnutte, a restructuring advisor, realized that as new orders poured in, it became difficult to establish the true cost of fulfilling them.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. The vendors for telecom network management were paid only for the capacity utilized by Bharti Airtel, not for the equipment. The trend is spreading. In the U.S.,