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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

Every article has profound information on a case-to-case basis for the time this book was written which was in 2006 and for the progress in the business world back until then. The focus here is completely on cash flows and not projections. It’s a tasty deal (ahem, read), I’d say.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 It also appears that UAL did very little hedging in 2007 or 2006. billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

So refraining from any forecast of what will happen in the near term, it’s sufficient to observe that the economic data is not nearly as strong as widely perceived, and the impact of QE on stock prices does nothing to improve the underlying cash flows. December 2006 (29). November 2006 (20). October 2006 (17).

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Use Data to Fix the Small Business Lending Gap

Harvard Business

Online lending platforms like OnDeck have been using information on cash flows and direct deposits from small businesses’ bank accounts as a key indicator of credit health since 2006. New entrants to small business lending have been taking this blended model even one step further.

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

MishTalk

The unregulated shadow banking sector has played a strong role in the recent credit boom, with the share of credit growth financed by the sector rising from 11 percent in 2006 to 32 percent in 2013. Rates of return on commercial property and infrastructure, and cash flows for developers and local government, have been deteriorating.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

In 2013, GE had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 32% and water use by 45% compared to 2004 and 2006 baselines, respectively, resulting in $300 million in savings. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8 billion from reduced energy and wastewater consumption in manufacturing.

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