Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Walmart wrings maximum efficiency from its supply chain by integrating four capabilities – aggressive vendor management, expert point-of-sale data analytics, superior logistics, and rigorous working-capital management – that together deliver ‘everyday low prices’ to consumers.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. When artisans have no understanding of their cash flows, they fail prey to spending a big percentage of their working capital, without meaning to, on non-business issues that usually cripple their operations.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Unfortunately, the history of IT investments in most organizations is far from stellar: Research over the years suggests that the overall failure rate of IT projects is around 70%. This tool seeks to get managers to identify and map all the changes that they will be required to make if expected benefits and outcomes are going to be delivered.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand. Corporate culture.

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

This is ineffective deal management, and it eventually leads to loss of positioning with customers, and, over time, the nurturing of “commodity competencies.” At that point, Alphatech’s management reassessed its strategy and sales approach. Management first evaluated who were, and who were not, good customers.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

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.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

As we moved from idea to execution, I asked another friend to take a key role in the project. And because my husband and I were the providers of working capital, I had the luxury of being cavalier. Friendship- cum -philanthropy comes second; financial savvy and safety, first. Lesson 2: Establish rules of engagement.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The goal of strategy is profitable growth, meaning economic value above the firm’s cost of capital. Most projects and investment initiatives in firms are driven by revenue-seeking activities with customers. Call the investment bankers for advice, since they’ve shown how smart they are in managing their risks and leverage.)

Debt to Equity Ratio 10

Debt to Equity Ratio Cost of Capital Strategy Incentives 10

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This is an ambitious project and it’s not surprising because it’s founded by ever enterprising Sramana Mitra. Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54