Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

ACSOI essentially measures Groupon's profits before subtracting its subscriber-acquisition costs and stock option-based compensation. In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 Secondly, expecting a business to be profitable quickly forces it to keep its fixed costs low.

Christensen 16

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Hence lots of the analytical, linear thinking at GM drove him to distraction; Product Planning analysts in particular: "a department composed of recycled finance types" as he calls them in the book. There is a third element that was missing entirely at GM: strategy. — as it did — than if it grew. Outside the U.S.,

Company 11

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The third category is of the most interest because it concerns factors that the divested business’s (new) management and new owners do control: the quality of the business strategy and operational decisions after divestment, as well as the capital made available for follow-on investments.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8