Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Keep money set aside for opening new premises, buying new stock, and marketing to new clients. Negotiating power – Being able to pay suppliers upfront can often lead to more favorable terms and discounts. Cash flow from financing. Why Is Cash Flow Important to a Small Business? Common Small Business Cash Flow Problems.

Management 110

Management Banking Credit Scoring Discount 110

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And we expect at least a portion of current AI piloters to fully integrate AI in the near term. Thirty percent of early AI adopters in our survey — those using AI at scale or in core processes — say they’ve achieved revenue increases, leveraging AI in efforts to gain market share or expand their products and services.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. They like the notion of using experienced improvement experts (internal or external) to drive projects with short ramp-ups and delivery times. Today we're 90% Lean and 10% Six Sigma.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. When the Riksbank Prizes in Economic Sciences (a.k.a. It goes back to the 1970s.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

And he sees little reason to expect Congress to pass a long-term solution to the fiscal cliff; instead, he thinks an "irresponsible," short-term "band-aid" solution. But whether European politicians will be able to hammer out a deal. To do otherwise is not just short-sighted, it's an abdication of responsibility.

Politics 8

Politics CEO Health Care Short-term 8