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Navigating the Crossroads: Project Management vs. Project Accounting Software

Progressus

Streamlining Communication and Collaboration in Remote Teams Problem: A software development company with a globally distributed team faced challenges in communication and collaboration. With streamlined billing, the firm experienced faster payment cycles, significantly improving its cash flow and financial stability.

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Honing and Highlighting the Consulting Skillset

Tom Spencer

For instance, many Oxford students participate in the Oxford Strategy Challenge, which is a mini consulting experience that allows students to work in teams to develop solutions and recommendations for a real business or local organisation.

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

MishTalk

And developers are pulling back, furloughing workers and delaying new projects. Much of this credit has been lent to the increasingly indebted local government sector, to fund property development and infrastructure investments. Prices are falling for both new and old apartments. The volume of deals is drying up.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

lthough the engineering, construction, and services (ECS) industry continues to lag substantially behind the broader market, a doom-and-gloom outlook is by no means warranted. Japanese companies’ average annual TSR of 14% in the five-year period from 2011 through 2015 is generated by extremely strong margin increases and cash flows.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Chinese Malls Hit With Low Traffic, Rising Vacancies, Plunging Rent, Massive Overcapacity

MishTalk

Less foot traffic means cash flow of mall owners and developers are getting squeezed - a potential hazard for an economy growing at its slowest pace in decades. Dalian Wanda, a big property developer, said in January it would close or restructure 30 of its retail venues and in August said more adjustments were underway.

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Severe Weather Threatens Businesses. It’s Time to Measure and Disclose the Risks

Harvard Business

When weather conditions are on average adverse over days, weeks, or entire seasons, shortfalls in sales cause reduced cash flows and can lead to financial distress and business failure. Research shows that abnormal weather disrupts the operating and financial performance of 70% of businesses worldwide. These disruptions add up.