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Are Bosses Always Over-Confident?

The Horizons Tracker

Strategic nonconformity was measured on any deviation from industry-level means across six categories, including inventory levels, advertising intensity, R&D intensity, and financial leverage.

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Three Reasons Leaders Should Ask for Help

Next Level Blog

There’s a ton of leverage that comes with a designated leadership position. Just like financial leverage, leadership leverage can yield amazing outcomes when used well or disastrous outcomes when used poorly. Role Modeling – By asking for help and being open about doing so, leaders role model that approach for others.

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Unlocking Financial Freedom with Personify Loans

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In an era of financial unpredictability, securing the right loan can be a game-changer. Whether you’re looking to fund your dream home, start a new business venture, or consolidate existing debts, the right loan can provide the financial leverage needed to achieve your goals.

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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

A seemingly small change in any one of these can threaten your viability and weaken your financial leverage. Priscilla writes: “ Your business foundation includes all the assumptions upon which you developed your operating model, processes, marketing, manufacturing, products, and services.

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Understanding Financial Leverage

Harvard Business Review

The most intimate relationship most of us have with leverage is our home mortgage. However, there are two conditions necessary for financial leverage to actually become power. The second is that the asset underlying the leverage holds its value.

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The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

We accounted for this by controlling for the correlation between the level of investments with current firm profitability, valuation, size, and financial leverage, and by examining stock price performance and implementing a trading strategy that any investor could implement in real time.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, PE firms bring financial discipline and strategic clarity to firms they acquire. This expertise may include restructuring debt, increasing financial leverage, clarifying strategic priorities, increasing productivity, implementing rigorous operational systems, or heightening accountability for results.

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