Martinka Consulting

JULY 7, 2020

Before I get into valuation, here are some other things I expect we’ll see: More seller financing, in fact banks are already indicating they want more seller financing. Us intermediaries will adjust pretty fast; we’re seeing firsthand what’s going on in the market. Most financial buyers won’t want a hurt company. Conclusion.

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Banking Financial Finance Sales 40

MishTalk

APRIL 26, 2014

Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea. For comparison, the economy grew by 3.4% Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea as S&P Cuts Rating Bloomberg reports Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea as S&P Cuts Rating. Ukraine and Russia remain in the spotlight this weekend. in Moscow yesterday.

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Benchmarking Banking Finance Operations 67

Free Agent CFO

MAY 10, 2018

In a recent example, he revealed that the prospect was controlling the conversation and appeared to have the upper hand with pricing since he was comparison shopping. I cannot deny it, but I’d prefer to be the guy that people say, “Man, he’s super creative for a finance geek.” I don’t like that brand.

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Cash Flow Finance Comparison Examples 40

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Local government is primarily financed through local property taxes, and Illinois’ high number of governments contributes to the state having the second-highest property tax rates in the nation. In comparison, the average cost to eight north and northwestern Chicago suburbs was $16,030 per mile.

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Government Transportation Comparison Case Study 77

Asamby Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!

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ROI Tools Travel Sales 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. And our analysis suggests there are strategies that they can use to compete successfully online. They estimate that online lenders will constitute nearly a fifth of the total SME lending market by then.

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Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 38

Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2015

In the pursuit of growth, should a company enter a new market, develop a new product, launch a start-up, form a joint venture, or acquire a competitor? These three strategic decisions helped to shift market power in the PC industry away from IBM and towards Microsoft and Intel. The story of the IBM PC is a cautionary tale.

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Survey Industry Company Productivity 60

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I hear various reports of what the hryvnia actually trades for on the black market in Ukraine. Today, I have an actual black market link to share thanks to reader Oleg from Crimea. In response to Ukrainian Currency Comparison: Budget Rate vs. Official Rate vs. Interbank Rate vs. Street Rate reader Oleg Writes.

Banking 28

Banking Marketing Course Report 28

MishTalk

AUGUST 3, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for "imperceptible electronics"; Man vs. Machine Comparison.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Case Interview 71

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Marketing & Sales. Innovation. Mergers & Acquisitions.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

MishTalk

JULY 8, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. By this comparison only 2012 looks anything close to a normal recovery year. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Big Picture.

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Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 77

MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2015

Here''s the quote of the day: Denmark''s Finance Minister, Morten Oestergaard, says the Danish currency peg of the krone to the euro "is secure." Obviously, we think it’s completely unrealistic ” that Denmark will abandon its peg, Jan Stoerup Nielsen, an economist at Nordea Markets in Copenhagen, said by phone.

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Banking Comparison Case Interview Policies 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

No strategy is static. Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others. Insight Center.

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Construction Airlines Data Travel 32

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I got a lot of very good experience while I was there, learning market research, analysis, DCF calculations, financial valuations, etc. Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting. However, actually, during the process it became very mundane.

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Deloitte Case Interview Interviews Case Study 100

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Ride-share companies can’t own vehicles – or help drivers buy them One provision of the ordinance says that the operator of a ride-share service cannot “own, provide financing for the obtaining, leasing, or ownership of, or have a beneficial interest in transportation network vehicles.” Unfortunately, the answer is yes, if not worse.

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Transportation Advertising Operations Comparison 71

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Retailers looking to develop a virtual commerce strategy should consider breaking it down along the following dimensions. By comparison, AR overlays virtual elements onto the real world as seen through a smartphone or tablet. First, decide which technology to use for each application. VR immerses the consumer in a simulated world.

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Retail Sports Comparison Travel 28

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Automatic Earth. Big Picture.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 70

MishTalk

JUNE 24, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. This as an apples to apples comparison illustrates that FHA rates have increased 1.75% in 7 weeks. Automatic Earth.

Real Estate 75

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 75

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. A more useful comparison is that of a builder of communities, with investors, suppliers, partners and, most of all, your employees.

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Sports Management Resources Culture 28

MishTalk

JULY 28, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Automatic Earth. Big Picture.

Real Estate 77

Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 77

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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Financial Engineering Finance Government 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2015

That paragraph stood out because Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets has made similar statements about interest rates in China. The comparison to Japan is hollow, North Americans have become drunk on excess and will keep spending until the repo vans appear in the driveway. Mish Reply Comparisons to Japan are not stupid at all.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Banking Comparison Trends 28

MishTalk

MARCH 23, 2014

What has happened in Ukraine is the United States organized and financed a coup. End Truthout Interview Looking for Hitler Comparisons? facilitated the anti-Russian cabal''s rise to power as part of a broader strategy to draw Ukraine into the West''s sphere of influence. And the coup occurred in Kiev, the capital.

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Media Government Advertising Journal 76

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally. In 1991, IBM approved a new world-wide services strategy to make IBM a world class services company by 1994.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

For comparison, Spain’s pension outlays are slightly over €100bn a year or roughly 10% of GDP, so the pension [reserve] fund even at its peak was only enough to cover about 9 months’ worth of pensions. Other countries at risk of breaking EU finance rules included Finland, Luxembourg and Malta.

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Meeting Report Government Data 75

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets tackles the above questions via email on " The Urbanization Fallacy ". Daily Bell.

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Real Estate Financial Analysis Case Interview 70

MishTalk

MARCH 8, 2014

DPJ’s Okubo Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Tsutomu Okubo, a former vice finance minister, called on the government to rectify the lack of regulation last week. Officials from the Finance Ministry, Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan have said they’re not in a position to oversee Bitcoin. We need to establish a legal system.”

Finance 66

Finance Media Banking Report 66

MishTalk

JULY 29, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Shifting Sands of Muni Bond Market; Three Bad Assumptions. This is an idiosyncratic market of $3.8 Automatic Earth.

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Real Estate Insurance Insurance Financial 69

MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

A similar crash in public opinion awaits Bernanke for fueling one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock and bond market bubbles in history. Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent. S&P UP 29.6%

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Conference Banking Government Balance Sheet 74