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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

Those are all prerequisites of successful business growth, especially when dealing with international expansion to distant markets. 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.

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What Netflix and Starbucks Know About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

I trusted the brand. The consumer must also have sufficient trust in the brand’s willingness and ability to understand, predict, and invest in meeting that demand. Converting consumer certainty into consumer cash flow is a key part of making money from digital business models, many of which use subscription models.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. When Procter & Gamble purchased it in 1999 for $2.3

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Creating Michelin-star Quality for the Masses

Harvard Business Review

Capital investment and operating expenses are high because cooking equipment and raw materials must be the best: wines devour working capital, the kitchen and serving staff must be paid handsomely, and crystal glasses and crockery will break. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. The company's core competency is branding and identifying customer pain points. telecoms are classified as a high technology industry: "Network is their business." In the U.S.,