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

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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MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In other words, there may be more to the recent flash-crash than just one weak retail sales datum a deeper malaise surrounding weak profits may be driving events. Is there a growing divergence between net income and operating cash-flow? Is Your Favorite Company Cooking the Books? The answer is binary: yes or no. If so (i.e.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Rising vacancy rates and plummeting rents are increasingly common in Chinese malls and department stores, despite official data showing a sharp rebound in retail sales that helped the world's second-largest economy beat expectations in the third quarter. Malaysia-based Parkson (3368.HK),

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

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. Two-thirds of small business managers declare to have been negatively affected by weather over the last three years. These disruptions add up.

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MishTalk

MAY 14, 2014

Retail sales also grew more slowly than expected in April, and the furniture market stalled as fewer families moved into new homes. Rates of return on commercial property and infrastructure, and cash flows for developers and local government, have been deteriorating.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and—not least—of people. When a new project comes in, the manager does not devise a plan to complete it.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Even a star company like Nigeria’s online retailer Jumia ( known by some as the potential “African Amazon” ) is struggling to return profits to early investor Rocket Internet, of Germany. A few of these companies manage to transcend national boundaries and scale to a larger size. Why the downbeat mood?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

After all, there’s a subtle difference in how these two disciplines train people to understand and manage risks: Legal training focuses on the downside of particular actions, while business training may emphasize the upsides for shareholder value from risk taking. First, we looked at the matching between firm types and CEOs.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And if you’re the acquirer, you can benefit in only one of four ways: You buy an asset on the cheap (that’s what portfolio managers do), but it requires being smarter than the market in pricing the asset. No one, including AT&T itself, argues that the company can better manage Time Warner’s assets.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

” A professional can advise you on whether it makes sense to incorporate, how to save in taxes, and how to manage all of your expenses. “It takes time to get a consistent cash flow going. Karen Schwichtenberg was working at a global management consulting firm, and although she loved the work, she felt constricted.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It's an extraordinarily badly managed you know entity. Number three there's an existing cash flow. It's an extraordinarily badly managed you know entity. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. It's still growing.

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