The Horizons Tracker

JULY 30, 2024

Provision of capital The gig economy is unlike other sectors as the platforms don’t own any assets themselves or provide participants with the capital they require to operate. The author examines what impact Uber and Lyft have on car buying (and borrowing) in the cities they operate in.

Credit Rating 69

Credit Rating Finance Price Operations 69

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2023

Also like other types of loans, a business owner’s credit rating can be a deciding factor in whether a loan is approved or not, and it impacts the interest rate of any loan as well. Using Loans to Automate Systems Automating repetitive operations can be important for saving you both time and money.

Finance 90

Finance Outsourcing Management Credit Rating 90

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

This helps to prove their identity, cutting down on fraud and creating market efficiencies. Just getting the costs of regulation and compliance down would open world markets and create wealth, but that doesn’t have to mean changing local regulations. The system currently serves a billion people.

Marketing 9

Marketing Technology Banking Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2011

From falsified mortgage applications and bundles of toxic mortgages, to incorrect credit ratings and balance sheets that couldn't be trusted, the financial crisis is as much about bad data as it is about unfettered greed. In marketing, bad data make it more difficult to know the potential client. And no industry is immune.

Health Care 15

Health Care Credit Rating Reputation Quality 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

Big data holds out big promises for marketing. Notably, it pledges to answer two of the most vexing questions that have stymied marketers since they started selling: 1) who buys what when and at what price? Measuring Marketing Insights. and 2) can we link what consumers hear, read, and view to what they buy and consume?

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Credit Rating Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

It appears that Enron''s final fatal mistake was to try to support its stock price instead of living up to key contractual obligations required to maintain its credit rating. What caused Enron''s bankruptcy was, quite simply, the loss of its investment-grade credit rating. What caused Enron to go bankrupt?

Price 8

Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8