Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

To get a better picture of this trend, Stiebale, along with Kevin Amess from Nottingham University Business School and Mike Wright from Imperial College Business School, analyzed hundreds of PE-backed LBOs of UK companies from 1998 to 2008. PE investors don’t typically invest in firms known for innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. Many lenders have built their own predictive models that incorporate key metrics about the borrower’s business – such as industry trends and number of employees – in addition to personal scores.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Three trends characterize the environment within which global businesses must contend: rising trade protectionism and a concomitant fall in global trade volumes, declining cross border capital flows, and mounting regulatory requirements. This has significant and far-reaching implications for corporate decision making.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. Many lenders have built their own predictive models that incorporate key metrics about the borrower’s business – such as industry trends and number of employees – in addition to personal scores.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

The trend is a disturbing one not only for its societal implications but because microfinance organizations more than ever must be equipped to make good decisions — and decisions are always enhanced by the sharing of diverse perspectives.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

FD) constraints. For example, they can update investors concerning the number of customers, the headcount trends, or the anticipated spending on marketing and advertising. Flexibility in Communications: Providing guidance also gives CFOs more leeway to discuss their company's outlook between earnings announcements.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Be able to talk about the most important trends. ” Ask about time constraints up front too, says Clark. Two years ago, Matt McConnell, who lives in southern California, wanted to move from finance to marketing. After all, your goal is to come across in a way that inspires others to help you. So do your homework.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two factors triggered my unease: the trends described by my co-authors and I in our recent HBR article and new work by Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence. In a Council on Foreign Relations working paper co-authored with Sandile Hlatshwayo of NYU's Stern School, Spence turns his attention to employment trends in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Companies that are successful in fueling growth lower hurdle rates and relax other constraints that reflect a bygone era of scarce capital.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would suggest that rather than seeking what cannot in most cases ever be achieved, that it makes more sense to seek the highest standard of quality that can be delivered in the shortest period of time, and that is economically balanced relative to the constraints of an ever shifting marketplace. Have you seen any trends there?

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