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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Magazine – 65-75% of small companies in the US – some 10 million – likely hang up a “for sale” sign in the next 10 years (2015). Axial – 66% of businesses with employees are owned by baby boomers (2015). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015?

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

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. billion in 2015 for Alstom’s business of making coal-fired turbines for power plants. in 2013 to 3.7

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

.—while still a net importer of oil—is now selling millions of barrels of oil to China, Britain, Mexico, and India, a new reality made possible when restrictions on crude oil exports were lifted in 2015. By placing upper and lower bounds on price volatility, producers can count on a more certain cash flow.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies. According to the 2015 EY Global Institutional Investor Survey, investors are increasingly using companies’ nonfinancial disclosures to inform their investment decisions.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. Our belief is that the earnings of long-term companies will rely less on accounting decisions and more on underlying cash flow than other companies. We calculate that U.S.