Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2015

Tom: Do you think that short term financial metrics are part of the problem in developing long term strategy? Nokia is a very good example of a company [that was dominated by this kind of myopia]. So Nokia had the technology to develop and produce an iPhone several years before Apple released it? HP is an example.

Metrics 60

Metrics Financial Cash Flow Process Improvement 60

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

What can you afford: Cash Flow Cashflow is king for small business. So first, you must check what size of investment your cash flow can accommodate. Don't use more than 25% of your free cash flow for a consulting project to leave enough room for other growth related investments. Your ROI would be 100%.

Small Business 52

Small Business Cash Flow Consulting ROI 52

LSA Global

MAY 9, 2019

Cash flow. Identify the critical few leading and lagging key financial metrics that are most important to the performance of your team and your organization. Identify the critical few leading and lagging key financial metrics that are most important to the performance of your team and your organization.

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics Financial 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings.

Financial 29

Financial Report Cash Flow Metrics 29

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For example, they use online marketplaces to reduce the search costs for willing lenders to find creditworthy borrowers. However, all these online models depend on developing accurate new predictive models of credit assessment, often using new sources of data.

Small Business 28

Small Business Data Cash Flow Banking 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

This example illustrates that investors consider information beyond just earnings as value-relevant. The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model. Many of these metrics are disclosed in Facebook’s financial statements. What caused this slump?

Financial 28

Financial Report Company Metrics 28

Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

Why isn’t more of that cash going into developing businesses for long-term gains — the big, outsized gains that come from big bets on the future? For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. Here’s a hypothetical example of how they might work at GE.

Cash Flow 28

Cash Flow Management Government Financial 28