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China's Use of Derivatives to Hide Capital Flight Comes Unglued; Reserves Fall by Record Amount; "Worthless" Certificates of Confiscation

MishTalk

In this case, China’s large state banks borrowed dollars in the swap market, sold the U.S. currency in the cash spot market and used forward contracts with the central bank to hedge those positions. " May 22, 2008: 2008 Market Oracle : US Treasury Bonds Fast Becoming Certificates of Confiscation.

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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

They also happen to be expensive, not because some greedy fat cat is out there, but because that high price justifies the ROI for the R&D in that product in the first place. No need to worry about supply side; a free market consisting of only young, healthy, rich people basically runs itself. July 27, 2009 at 11:21 PM. Hammerspace.

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Consultant Ninja: Another One Bites the Dust: Management.

Consultant Ninja

My frustrations with my firm, with the projects that I feel are a waste of my clients money, with the exertions of effort for dead-end marketing or intellectual capital initiatives - Ive had to store them up inside me, where theyve burned me up and increased my bitterness. Ive had to filter what Ive wanted to write, with what I could write.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. This can result in favoring projects promising a quick ROI over riskier projects offering bigger impact in the long-term.

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To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper

Harvard Business

In one, a star researcher said that he was leaving as there was no space for creativity anymore, as the company squeezed budgets and eliminated roles without a clear ROI. And this despite having working prototypes of devices that could have come to market as the iPhone or iPad – years before Apple invented them.

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

This algorithm has been developed since 2008 and has been constantly improved with the input of over 500 consultants working with 15,000+ businesses. Explaining ROI As a Business Consultant, it can be really difficult to explain what kind of return on investment a client will get. David Thexton, Founder of ConsultX.

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Getting the Most from an Online Customer Community

Harvard Business

Over the years, online community research has matured from novelty to necessity – an essential tool for marketing professionals. According to the Market Research Society (MRS) , spending on online research increased 15 percent from 2008 to 2012. Measure the ROI. The use of communities has grown steadily as a result.

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