Successful Independent Consulting
MARCH 31, 2020
This article explains your options for cash-flow relief, whether you need it immediately or in the near future, and how to get it. There are several ways to get some cash-flow relief to help you pay your bills in the near term as a result of the $2 trillion CARES Act: 1. A stimulus payment from the U.S. government 2.
Harvard Business
MAY 6, 2016
This is a classic story of unintended consequences — inadvertently short-circuiting long-term management — to the detriment of companies, investors, and the economy. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 17, 2018
In comparison, absorption of AI might reach today’s level of digital absorption by 2027—in roughly ten years. About half of those will do so in half the time, and may more than double their operating cash flows by 2030. These companies could lose around 20% of cash flow by 2030 compared with today.
Harvard Business
JUNE 28, 2016
Owners of small businesses can set their own hours, make their own management decisions, and take pride in the ownership of their work. To keep things simple, we’ll take advantage of our assumptions of no growth and a constant multiple and ignore the actual timing of the cash flows.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
On the one hand, there are many anecdotes suggesting that pressures to manage earnings hold back investment. On the other hand, some of what is done in the name of managing for the long term may be unmonitored waste. Some companies have great ideas, great management teams, and compelling strategies.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Any deviation from management’s forecast meant failure, regardless of how effectively the strategy was executed. Take Google.
Harvard Business
JULY 25, 2017
While MROI is not usually public information, managers can use published financial statement data to estimate MROI for a competitor. “In principle, managers should try to estimate the full cost of the marketing activity, including creative development, media spend, and customer-facing staff time.”
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