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What Is A Net Working Capital And Why Is It Important?

Strategy Driven

Many, if not most, businesses need money to develop, survive, and grow. Organizations need the right amount of cash to meet both short-term and long-term needs without high risks of ruining their businesses. Thus, a stable and sufficient net working capital should exist within these companies’ financial accounts.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. Because we often run short of time, it is easy to prioritize more immediate issues, but ultimately such choices are bound to backfire.

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Living a Worthwhile Life

Lead Change Blog

Think about what’s talked about in the endless meetings that happen at work. Participants talk about stock price, earnings per share, revenue, gross margins, sales, operating cash flow, working capital, and the like. Developing your unique potentials. Why are they miserable? That impact could be economic or eudaimonic.

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How can I start my own business?

Strategy Driven

And if you get hold of that idea, start hiring a dedicated team of developers to give your idea a shape. A blueprint: Sketch all that comes to your mind and pen down every minute detail that you will work on. For a smooth financial journey, consider a good plan in terms of financial management. About the Author.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

Gordon Berridge: Did you have a mentor at Rio Tinto, if so, how important was that person to you and your development? Sam Walsh: The Rio Tinto business, in relative terms, is the strongest of the Mining Houses. billion in the last 5 years).

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How Banks Should Finance the Social Sector

Harvard Business Review

Financial markets are not working for charities and social enterprises today. Most traditional financial intermediaries, like banks, are focused on short-term returns and deem unsecured lending to charities and social enterprises to be too risky. If financing is offered by a bank, the terms are often too onerous.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business Review

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Another problem we’ve seen is that some providers, seeking to fit in to a payment cycle, focus on short-term results, losing sight of the end goals.