Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Develop Smart Employee Policies. You should also invest in training and developing your employees. A good start is to draft an employee handbook that clearly explains office policies on matters such as work hours, leaves, and payment schedule. It is almost impossible to have a successful optometry practice on your own.

Directory 89

Directory Handbook Policies Tips 89

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It's a common assumption that offering more features or developing high-quality products and services is expensive, and that the products of these labors can command premiums. Since it's beginning in 2003, Davide Oldani's Ristorante D'O has managed to stay profitable in a sustained fashion. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

Quality 13

Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. If those linkages cannot be developed, then those investments should not be pursued.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Minimal professional training? As product is sold, some of the initial working capital that SHE puts up is paid back, with the entrepreneurs eventually owning their local franchises. Lack of childcare?

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

As a result, charities and social enterprises do not have the cushion of external financing to manage their various capital requirements. Like any small business, they need working capital to balance out the peaks and troughs of their business cycle. Banks have a role to play in the social sector.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

To borrow a telecom industry metaphor, a deal with a customer is the “last mile” in connecting any strategy with business development efforts and marketplace results. This is ineffective deal management, and it eventually leads to loss of positioning with customers, and, over time, the nurturing of “commodity competencies.”

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

The jobs at Adam's company offer potential employees full-time employment and training that they cannot find elsewhere. Should he plow cash into increasing the pay of the disadvantaged people he employs, or build his working capital? You have to manage around more of these sorts of issues.". Or keep margins healthy?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Business Model Long-term Goal 8