Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2023

Business loans are an option available to businesses to help with finances. Also like other types of loans, a business owner’s credit rating can be a deciding factor in whether a loan is approved or not, and it impacts the interest rate of any loan as well. Why Are Loans Vital to Small Businesses?

Finance 101

Finance Outsourcing Management Credit Rating 101

Women on Business

JULY 9, 2012

Guest Post By: Meredith Wood, Community Manager (Learn more about Meredith at the end of this post). Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business, and as any small business owner knows, it’s one of the hardest parts of a business to manage. Whatever you do, don’t operate your business on your personal credit.

Dunning 186

Dunning Banking Credit Scoring Credit Rating 186

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

But what many economists generally gloss over is a notion that I will argue is highly complementary to market failures: management failures. In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

But what many economists generally gloss over is a notion that I will argue is highly complementary to market failures: management failures. In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

It appears that Enron''s final fatal mistake was to try to support its stock price instead of living up to key contractual obligations required to maintain its credit rating. What caused Enron''s bankruptcy was, quite simply, the loss of its investment-grade credit rating. What caused Enron to go bankrupt?

Price 8

Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

If you are operating a start-up, you may face problems with managing the cash flow of your business efficiently and may have to rely on working capital loans. Instead, they pay for the operational costs of a business and is a good indicator of the short-term health of the business.

Working Capital 11

Working Capital Credit Scoring Long-term Short-term 11