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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. Natural Competition is evolutionary and Strategic Competition is revolutionary.

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

Consultant Ninja

"The volatility of and increases in crude oil prices, a weakening economic environment and a highly competitive industry with excess capacity have created an extremely challenging environment for the Company. It also appears that UAL did very little hedging in 2007 or 2006.

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Use Data to Fix the Small Business Lending Gap

Harvard Business

Many lenders have built their own predictive models that incorporate key metrics about the borrower’s business – such as industry trends and number of employees – in addition to personal scores. For now, the blended models based on personal scores and business-specific data continue to be the industry standard.

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

MishTalk

Economic data released on Tuesday also included a deceleration in industrial production, with growth in steel and cement output slowing to a crawl. 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

Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%. When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation.

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