The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 22, 2024

Efficiently managing the money a company needs to run its daily operations, known as working capital, is crucial for success. This connection between good working capital management and how well a company does can be complicated. It helps organizations use their resources well and keep cash flowing smoothly.

DSO 120

DSO DPO Working Capital Supply Chain 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Since it's beginning in 2003, Davide Oldani's Ristorante D'O has managed to stay profitable in a sustained fashion. Not Oldani, though, a talented young Italian who has trained under master chefs such as Gualtiero Marchesi, Alain Ducasse, and Albert Roux. Oldani has created a Michelin restaurant for the masses by working on two fronts.

Quality 13

Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Hence, the customer-selection criteria of sales managers, and call patterns of sales reps, directly impact the first value-creation lever: which projects the firm invests in. Smartly reducing assets devoted to activities that earn less than their cost of capital requires good links with evolving market realities. (

Debt to Equity Ratio 9

Debt to Equity Ratio Cost of Capital Strategy Incentives 9

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. This model is an innovative way for donors to achieve greater impact.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But whatever the investment, and whether I'm investing personally or professionally for the Disruptive Innovation Fund, my basic parameters are now clear. And because my husband and I were the providers of working capital, I had the luxury of being cavalier. Lesson 2: Establish rules of engagement. No, no, no , I cried.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

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? Insufficient infrastructure?

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13