Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Michael Porter: Focus on creating value Professor Michael Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy , has emphasised that the true measure of success for a company is not just its quarterly financial performance, but also how those results are attained. They also advocate for environmental issues.

Ethics 78

Ethics Financial Cash Flow Real Estate 78

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? Gallup recently released a five-year-long study showing the variance between high and low productivity is 70% attributable to the manager. Synergistic product line firm. Contract manufacturer (of your product).

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. The central effect of QE is not on the real economy, but on financial speculation. As the buyers become less eager and the sellers become more eager, an uneasy period of ‘financial distress’ follows. Burning Platform. Calculated Risk. Charles Goyette. Chris Martenson.

Balance Sheet 75

Balance Sheet Marketing Real Estate Financial 75

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

Cash Flow 28

Cash Flow Finance Financial Company 28

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. Overly optimistic financial statements.

Metrics 29

Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 29

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Financial fluctuations (“financial cycles”) that can end in banking crises such as the recent one last much longer than business cycles. Yet financial cycles can go largely undetected. Yet financial cycles can go largely undetected. Irregular as they may be, they tend to play out over perhaps 15 to 20 years on average.

Balance Sheet 74

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74