N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Alex Lhéritier , Global Head of Working Capital Solutions at Kyriba , says: “Ensuring a two-way transparency and trust can prove essential to a leader in a constantly changing environment. EBRD has always been one of the leading innovators in the space of sustainable investing and also FinTech.

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Execution Banking Bond Diversity 341

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: Upon retiring, I took the advice from a former CEO of Rio, Leigh Clifford, and indicated to all and sundry that I was “holding my dance card empty for a while”. billion), development and sustaining capital expenditure (reduced by a two-thirds), and divested a significant number of non-core businesses (4.7

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

That book is The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS Professor Clay Christensen. But what's most interesting to me isn't that The Innovator's Dilemma was on that list. Anyone familiar with Professor Christensen's work will quickly recognize the same causal mechanism at the heart of the Innovator's Dilemma: the pursuit of profit.

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Innovation Christensen CFO Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

And we see many executives trying to take this advice to heart. It became easier and easier for small enterprises to gain customer reach and awareness (along with working capital). Become a remarkable capability innovator, designing and developing your own practices that give you prowess no one else matches.

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IAM Productivity Products Company 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Key to our advice is the implicit acknowledgement that all disruptive businesses find their strength in some technological or business model innovation that is fundamentally better positioned than their upmarket competitors in serving some segment of the population.

Price 9

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Call the investment bankers for advice, since they’ve shown how smart they are in managing their risks and leverage.) Financing needs are in large part driven by the cash on hand and the working capital required to conduct and grow the business. Isn’t that a function of risk parameters and the debt-to-equity ratio?

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Debt to Equity Ratio Cost of Capital Strategy Incentives 10