Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Negotiating power – Being able to pay suppliers upfront can often lead to more favorable terms and discounts. Small businesses that fail to do this can get hammered by unforeseen costs, go into steep debt, and potentially close completely. Cash flow from financing. Common Small Business Cash Flow Problems. Notes payable.

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. With the AI field recently picking up its pace of innovation after the decades-long “AI winter,” technical expertise and capabilities are in short supply.

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

Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” Blickstein and his finance team had already begun to analyze the options. He wishes he’d paid more attention to using the good fortune of a fast-growing client to invest in the business for the longer term.

Media 9

Media Hammer Software Company 9

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. 2 is this distinction between short-term vs. long-term predictability.

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