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Why Life Insurers and Asset Managers Must Join Forces to Win

BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. In their efforts to adapt to this upside-down world, life insurers are focusing on optimizing their investment strategies and operations. How do we manage capital consumption and the volatility of our assets? Can we cut costs to boost overall profit?

Insurance

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Empowering Small Business Growth Through Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 8, 2024

Financial Management and Analysis Financial management is a cornerstone of small business success. Consultants assist in financial analysis, budgeting, cash flow management, and identifying areas for cost optimization and revenue enhancement.

Small Business

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs would rise without additional subsidies and no one would receive holiday bonuses this year. The uncertainty of the market, unstable cash flow, and the seemingly never-ending threat of recession may force companies to make tough decisions.

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Setting Up a Foundation for Consulting Success

Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

If you can, pay your health insurance with this same card since it too will be tax deductible. Moreover, you’ll want to set up and manage your business in a way that makes accounting easier as well as taking advantage of valuable tax deductions. Determine if you need business insurance or need to increase your personal coverage.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 5.0% There is evidence that this debt growth has become excessive and non-productive. Based on our analysis, our baseline case is that China may slow from the current level of 7.7% over the next two years. trillion of private sector debt to a $9.7 trillion GDP.

Finance

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. For the professional services industry, KaaS unlocks a new revenue stream and allows them to “productize” and package expertise in a SaaS-like subscription model.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Owning up to our own behavioral biases is a worthwhile starting point to discussing the problem of managing infrequent, severe events. Small businesses and young businesses are especially vulnerable. Data from the U.S.

Insurance

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Why Buying a Company Can Be Better than Starting One

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2016

These companies are able to attract and keep the right customers, those who value its product or service and will purchase year after year. You’ll learn what they value, and you’ll adapt to find products and services they appreciate.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks. Because of these dubious decisions, GE’s ratio of debt to earnings has soared from 1.5 in 2013 to 3.7

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Corporate culture.

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

A nearly $150 million settlement is pending for the fake-account scandal that roiled the bank last year, and a new scandal has emerged: Recently it has been alleged that thousands of customers were signed up for insurance without their knowledge. A bevy of lawsuits is in the pipeline, and regulatory scrutiny is intensifying.

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We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The lack of access to stable, predictable cash flows is the hard-to-see source of much of today’s economic insecurity. Financial Diaries (USFD), an unprecedented study to collect detailed cash flow data for U.S. She worked her way up to manage several locations of a quick-serve restaurant. households.

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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Any deviation from management’s forecast meant failure, regardless of how effectively the strategy was executed. Take Google.

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How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

For the past decade, the consensus strategy among hospital and health-system leaders has been to achieve scale in regional markets via mergers and acquisitions, to make medical staffs employees, and to assume more financial risk in insurance contracts and sponsored health plans. The following areas deserve special management attention.

System

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Sam Zell Warns Recession Coming, Provides Opinions on 22 Topics Including Fed Tools, Equities, Real Estate, Energy, China, Brazil, Mexico, Climate Change

MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It's an extraordinarily badly managed you know entity. I think that the strong dollar is having enormous production on US production and US businesses. Number three there's an existing cash flow. But also extend and enshrine benefits for medical device makers, health insurers and renewable energy.

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