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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. It’s a forward-looking metric based on the classic momentum equation: current inventory x rate of inventory change. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst.

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Why Companies Can’t Turn Customer Insights into Growth

BCG

On the left side, record each mention of an internal topic, such as financial or operational performance, plans, metrics, organization, employees, or culture. Consumer-facing companies in developed economies have experienced little or no growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009.

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Five Housing Headwinds; Mortgage Originations Lowest Since 2010; Refinancible Loan Percentage Collapses; Payment Shock

MishTalk

Black Knight Financial Services, formerly LPS, released its latest Mortgage Monitor Forecast. A "recovery" since 2009 is pretty long in the tooth, historically speaking. Those are my opinions, but they are backed up by valuation metrics and extreme sentiment including a bubble belief the Fed can do no wrong.

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Greece Needs to Be Honest About the Numbers

Harvard Business

Georgiou’s crime was that back in 2009, he strictly applied globally accepted international rules in reporting the Greek government’s budget deficit, which had the effect of increasing it by just under 3% to a whopping 15% of GDP. Calculating this debt in “present” (i.e.,

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

An Examination of the Importance of Leadership Behaviors and Attributes on Shaping Culture Executive Summary Organizational culture is a critical factor in financially successful companies. Organizational culture is identified as a critical factor in financially successful companies (Craig, 2018).

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business

Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct, fired from his position as Nissan’s board chairman, and criticized by Nissan’s Japanese CEO for accumulating too much power. As a result, when making close calls on the company’s financial reports, that auditor may be too deferential to Nissan management.

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What the Data Tells Us About Immigrant Executives in the U.S.

Harvard Business

As of 2009, U.S. This is important as research has shown that organizations with the highest quality leaders were 13 times more likely to outperform their competition in key competitive metrics including financial performance, quality of products and services, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.

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