Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

On June 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies. What caused this slump?

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources. Data Maturity When it comes to data, professional services firms need to move beyond basic analytics tools and generic client reports. Market trends? How long does it take to bring those solutions to market?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

tax law is likely to increase after-tax cash flows for U.S.-based There’s a strong argument that they should invest in growth , and the newly available cash offers them a unique chance to do so. Initial reports suggest that many executives are at a loss as to what to do with the newfound cash. The new U.S.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Are all share repurchases myopic?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

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. The soaring U.S.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2015

One of the ideas that I’ve been thinking about recently is that financial metrics are basically designed to evaluate how much you are getting out of a company, your cash flow take from the company. The high profits in year one may turn into no market capitalisation by year five. Tom: That’s very interesting.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For example, the CEO of McBassie & Company reported in 2018 that 750,000 US companies with 3.7 A larger employer might feel that the PEO would be more efficient than hiring a sufficiently experienced HR manager. In 2016 ADP Total Source, one of the larger PEOs, reported more than 400,000 “worksite” employees [2].

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