Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2023

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. Using Loans to Automate Systems Automating repetitive operations can be important for saving you both time and money.

Finance 100

Finance Outsourcing Management Credit Rating 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Looking ahead, we will continue to drive productivity, and we plan to conduct a deep dive into the details of our cost structure and allocation of capital to ensure we deliver appropriate returns for shareholders.” Injuries and catastrophic events, in addition to being tragic, are evidence that production is not being managed correctly.

Operations 16

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

For someone like me who has spent his life designing products and thinking about how objects acquire personal and cultural meaning, it was a perfect gift. From Bernie Madoff to derivatives to the housing bubble to dubious AAA credit ratings, we continue to find new ways to encourage people to make financial leaps of faith.

System 13

System Crisis Credit Rating Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

At an “ Unconference ” my colleagues and I hosted in Palo Alto last year, Sam Lessin , the Head of the Identity Product Group at Facebook, talked about the way in which human societies evolved trust networks to increase efficiency by connecting with more trading partners and by capturing more information about those partners over time.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Credit Rating Reputation Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2011

As one might expect, officials are using the error and S&P's earlier failure to properly rate bundled mortgage products to argue that the downgrade is incorrect. S&P's reputation, whether the downgrade is correct or not, is sure to take a hit.

Health Care 14

Health Care Credit Rating Reputation Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

Big data can help design information to augment products and services, and create entirely new ones. Currently, these good-bad-ugly ratings provide generic evaluations of sellers on standard scales. Rather than only asking how we can use data to better target customers, we need to ask how big data creates value for customers.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Credit Rating Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

This still renders Turkey as a good base of operations for many international businesses that are invested in the Middle East, Balkans, and the Caucasus – inherently high-risk areas. Turkey’s general credit rating is still higher than that of Brazil, Croatia, Portugal, Cyprus, and Serbia.

Tourism 10

Tourism Politics Uncertainty Price 10