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Beyond Recruitment: N2Growth’s COO Search Solutions Enhance Organizational Performance

N2Growth Blog

This level of operational efficiency, as facilitated by N2Growth’s services, aids businesses in market competitiveness and long-term growth. The firm’s EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) margin expanded from 10% to an impressive 15% within two years of his appointment.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

For instance, McKinsey considered a smaller ratio of capital expenditure to depreciation to indicate short-term thinking, because it’s assumed that short-term companies will invest less, and less consistently, than other companies. In essence, the measure labels firms with large share repurchase programs as myopic.

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How to Anticipate a Burning Platform

Harvard Business Review

Nokia is still struggling to find a future beyond going head to head with the Android and iPhone platforms in the fiercely competitive smart phone market. The result: the Nook debuted in 2009 and leapfrogged the Kindle in key features, capturing nearly a third of the e-reader market and probably saving the company's life.

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