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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 8:30 PM. Labels: Analysis. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Will President Trump Learn on the Job?

Harvard Business

Trump Airlines, similarly, was a front-page splash that turned into an economic disaster within three years. Trump Mortgage , Trump Steaks , and Trump University all may have gained him some short-term cash flow, but it came at the expense of degrading his brand or leaving him open to lawsuits for fraud.

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Why Your Company Culture Should Match Your Brand

Harvard Business

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does.

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

So companies in, say, the pharmaceuticals and airlines industries performed better when run by lawyer CEOs, all else being equal, while companies in, say, printing and publishing performed worse.