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The Value of Value Chain Analysis in Transforming Your Business

N2Growth Blog

All that is left to do is develop the plans for the projects that are needed to actualize the new workflow and institute a process for continual change. Once fully documented, the value chain represents the transformation team’s recommended work environment. Reach out to me to learn more about value chain analysis.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Good Intentions, Bad Results: Learning from the Panic of 1826

Strategy Driven

Most of these “affordable” loans were in fact sub-prime, “for persons with blemished or limited credit histories,” and “carry a higher rate of interest than prime loans to compensate for increased credit risk,” according to HUD.gov. Economists’ Ties to the Financial Sector.

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Auditing Algorithms for Bias

Harvard Business Review

” For example, if a person was deemed a low credit risk, granted a loan, and then defaulted on that loan that would be a false positive. The model falsely predicted that the person had low credit risk. It also needed to be easily understandable by the average user.

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A Dedicated Team of Problem Solvers Can Help Big Companies Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business Review

We have a lot of newer businesses that come to us for credit and we need to do due diligence on them. So it’s an incredibly labor intensive process for us to verify whether they are a good credit risk.” Every aspect of the pilot project and the business model is refined and strengthened.