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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Businesses should adopt conservative financial management practices , such as effective cash flow monitoring, prudent budgeting, and building a large war chest of cash and other liquid assets. This has significantly reduced Apple’s financial risk of launching new products, even during periods of economic contraction.

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Propel Small Businesses to Success

Business Consulting Agency

Financial Management Consultants offer advice on budgeting, financial analysis, and cash flow management. Operations Management Improving operational efficiency is another critical area where consultants provide assistance. Technology Integration In an increasingly digital world, keeping up with technology is essential.

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Power of Business Consulting: How Companies Reap Benefits

Business Consulting Agency

These professionals bring a wealth of industry knowledge, innovative solutions, and a fresh perspective that facilitate enhanced operational efficiency, optimized strategies, and a competitive edge in the market.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

After the massive stimulus and more than doubling of new bank loans in 2009, the government attempted to stabilize credit growth, but the growth of the shadow banking system exploded instead. Total local government debt adds up to RMB17.9 trillion (nearly $3 trillion) according to the latest, likely understated, national audit.

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Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence

Martinka Consulting

We have a government with annual deficits of $1 trillion and with a lot more “off the books” because there are non-budget items. I’m working on a potential deal where the owner (and his advisors) setup five companies, two operating, one management, one for real estate, and one for equipment.

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Reclaiming the Idea of Shareholder Value

Harvard Business

Corporate governance issues are constantly in the headlines. But discussions of corporate governance invariably miss the real problem: most public companies have extensive governance procedures but no governing objective. Activist investors challenge management strategies.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

CSFs can literally be anything — whether it’s improving customer satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, or something specific to a particular project or deliverable – making them somewhat difficult to identify – let alone define in concrete terms. Are compliance/governance rules working? Read on to learn more.

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