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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

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
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Why Multinationals Are Doubling Down on Russia

Harvard Business Review

For example, one consumer goods company we work with recently held a full-day strategy workshop with its local Russian team and partners to revamp their assumptions about the Russian customer, understand how demand and preferences are evolving, and figure out what this means for their strategy in terms of pricing, product portfolio, and channel.