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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources'

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Research: The Digitization of Banks Disproportionately Hurts Women Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

In Sweden, for example, the portion of approved bank loans to small and medium-size enterprises has decreased by 15% over the last 10 years , and roughly 60% of all ventures in need of external financing have reported difficulties in accessing financing for their investments.

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What Workers and Companies Should Know About the Republican Tax Bills

Harvard Business Review

A House-Senate conference committee still needs to reconcile the two bills, with the goal of finishing before Christmas. corporations to accumulate assets in those affiliates (now estimated at $2.6 The House and Senate have passed somewhat different versions of major legislation to restructure the federal income tax.

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What Would Happen if the U.S. Stopped Requiring Quarterly Earnings Reports?

Harvard Business Review

In the UK setting, after the imposition of mandatory quarterly reporting we found no change in company investments, measured as capital expenditures on plants, property, equipment, R&D, and intangible assets. Hence, getting rid of quarterly reporting is unlikely to mitigate corporate short-termism.

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