Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2024

What Is Operating Capital? Sometimes called “working capital,” operating capital is the sum of a business’s current assets minus its current liabilities. Working capital is necessary to fund a company’s operations and pay for expenses as they arise.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. It’s stated mission is to “focus on the development of infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia.” billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. The use of FinTechs allows suppliers to access funding at the multinationals firm’s lower cost of capital.). Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In this month's HBR, Professor Clayton Christensen and I have an article that describes how to develop core business strategy in the face of disruption. Best Buy needs to take stock of its unique advantages and compete for the customers that disruptive entrants are currently poorly positioned to win. It should be competing differently.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

With most high-potential ventures, however, founders must mobilize more resources than they control personally: the venture eventually will require production facilities, distribution channels, working capital, and so forth. Demand risk relates to prospective customers' willingness to adopt the solution envisioned by the entrepreneur.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. The Main Street business owner needs a different kind of capital from the high-tech entrepreneur.

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