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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Pizza parties (with dietary alternatives), happy hours, and office games like ping pong or video games can foster team bonding and employee engagement (Müceldili & Erdil, 2016). The uncertainty of the market, unstable cash flow, and the seemingly never-ending threat of recession may force companies to make tough decisions.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Beyond being in the right place, or having the right skills, at the right time, many of these companies have pursued strategies to maximize their advantages in the challenging environment. These pockets of success coexisted with signs of distress, however.

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Why Life Insurers and Asset Managers Must Join Forces to Win

BCG

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. In their efforts to adapt to this upside-down world, life insurers are focusing on optimizing their investment strategies and operations. The industry’s overall business growth has stalled, and investment income has become a critical mainstay.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can). Ten percent buyer down payment (minimum), which frees up cash to grow the business. Pretty small.

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Stench from Chicago so Bad, Fitch Finally Smells It

MishTalk

Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. The rating has been placed on Negative Watch. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business

Their measurements conflict with their managerial inclinations, encouraging them to use earnings booked today to immediately return cash to shareholders. For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. Eventually, the company’s share price nosedived.

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business

By 2016, the rise of smart phones seemed to have made the company less relevant: Its revenues were at almost the same level they had been a full decade earlier. Thanks to this experience, strategy making at Nikon today has become a process of co-creation with investors.

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