Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 13, 2019

Computers, tools of the trade, vehicles, and buildings are the best examples of fixed assets. In a nutshell, a fixed asset is anything that a company buys intending to use for more than one year. The challenge that most companies encounter is in deciding what to do when it is time to get rid of assets.

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Asset Management Depreciation Company Fixed Assets 150

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2020

A vast majority of entrepreneurs, 80% to be precise, fund their enterprises out of pocket, and managing cash flow is a major challenge as most have no prior business cash flow education. Investing in fixed assets. A fixed asset is an asset acquired to liquidate at a later period.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Fixed Assets Insurance Outsourcing 91

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Time is a non-renewable resource; a fixed asset. Identify key opportunities during your day to lead by example. Be transparent and trustworthy in every interaction; and take responsibility for managing the expectations of yourself, your team, and your clients. As a child, I quickly learned the meaning of tempus fugit.

Fixed Assets 303

Fixed Assets Open-book Follow-up Influence 303

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

These choices historically conferred advantage – first-mover, scale – but asset-based scale advantages have diminished in recent years, thanks to technology, cheap information, and outsourcing. Assets are important, but they are, increasingly, table stakes in most competitive industries; everyone in the game has them.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 53

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Focus on capabilities rather than just fixed assets: Fixed assets, including brands, are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses and tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. Earning the right to win is never a cakewalk.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

For example, during 1987-2000, the annual inventory turnover at Best Buy Stores, a consumer electronics retailer, ranged from 2.85 Consider the following example that Vishal Gaur of Cornell, my frequent co-author, shared with me. A common one is inventory turns (cost of sales divided by inventory) or its inverse, days of inventory.

Retail 13

Retail Marketing Benchmarking Fixed Assets 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Even in the absence of a fixed definition, more than 100 studies have now demonstrated a strong relationship between employee engagement and organizational performance. Less than 40 percent of employees worldwide feel their managers are genuinely interested in their well-being.

Fixed Assets 15

Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Commitment Definition 15