Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 17, 2018
Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. The senior slices of a CDO were considered to be safer because they had first priority on cash flows received from the pool of mortgages in the event of default. It all seemed so clear.
Tom Spencer
MARCH 17, 2023
Michael Lewis: Prioritise playing the game ethically Similarly, Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short , exposed the unethical and reckless behaviour of some players in the financial industry leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. One example of Buffett’s approach is his investment in Coca-Cola.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 15, 2016
Most executives know that the present value of an investment comes from projecting its cash flows and discounting those numbers into today’s dollars. The way in which many companies make investment decisions blinds them to this reality. Believing that good entrepreneurs seek out risk. They don’t.
MishTalk
JULY 11, 2014
It could represent a hidden vulnerability, especially if backed by domestic currency cash flows derived from overextended sectors, such as property, or used for carry trades or other forms of speculative position-taking. Financing problems of non-financial corporations in EMEs can also feed into the banking system.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Nike embedded sustainability into its innovation process and created the $1 billion-plus Flyknit line, which uses a specialized yarn system, requiring minimal labor and generating large profit margins. The system also improves product quality by creating regulated growing conditions. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5
ConsultX
MARCH 1, 2022
They are seeing first hand how many opportunities are being missed to improve profitability and cash flow just from existing operations alone. This algorithm has been developed since 2008 and has been constantly improved with the input of over 500 consultants working with 15,000+ businesses. We want to show you more!
Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2016
Systems don’t scale. But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners.
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