N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

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. It was a testament to the quality of candidates that N2Growth’s COO search can attract and how they influence an organization’s performance metrics.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Efficiency Operations 366

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

For example, the pervasive use of EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) to reflect a company’s performance assumes that the company can operate without having to pay for these costs (I, T, and DA).

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Starbucks and Keurig share two essential qualities that are typical in category creators: 1. Starbucks delivered not just high-quality coffee but personalization, badge value, and an affordable luxury experience. They captivated their consumers with significantly better benefits, experiences, and economics.

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B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is the equivalent of corporate blood pressure. Barnes & Noble had weak blood pressure in 2009, but recently its EBITDA has shown signs of recovery, increasing more than 15% to $65 million in its most recent quarter. Look at profit margin trends.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

More impressively, by linking all the machines together, they were able to predict — and subsequently improve — overall process reliability and product quality. And this addresses the commercial value creation question – P&G’s mindset was to create operational efficiencies that would contribute to healthy EBITDA margins.

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Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

What Alex’s success exemplifies is the importance of “learning agility”: a set of qualities and attributes that allow an individual’s to stay flexible, grow from mistakes, and rise to a diverse array of challenges. It’s easy to assume that those qualities would be highly prized in any business environment.

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Agility Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

At this point, the commercial viability of a market-based approach to providing good quality housing in urban areas at prices affordable to low income customers is beyond question. Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more.

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Suri Construction Class EBITDA 14