N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Managers tend to think about liquidity as a finance issue, but in face the behaviors of the sales and operations team — and how they communicate and work together — can have a direct affect on a company’s cash position. Following these steps can reduce a company’s working capital needs and increase earnings and cash flow.

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Supply Chain Crisis Marketing Working Capital 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

They enable both the buyer and supplier to improve their working capital by making it possible for the former to extend its payables and at the same time accelerate payment to the latter. Operations in a Connected World. The buying firm benefits through longer payables, which positively impact its working capital.

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Supply Chain Cost of Capital Transportation Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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Books Banking Working Capital Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Operating margin: earnings per sales, which indicates the entrepreneur’s ability to earn revenue.

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Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

And of course, peer-to-peer lending has been around for a while, and some of it has been trickling over to startup financing. For the most part, the impact of crowdfunding on startup financing is still minimal. Finally, working capital financing is one of the key requirements of all small startups.

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Incubator Finance Entrepreneur Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Sure, you may know this already, but people who haven’t studied finance often find this statement confusing. Finance & Accounting Tool. Income statements almost always include an allowance for depreciation of capital assets. Excerpted from. HBR TOOLS: Return on Investment. Joe Knight. Add to Cart.

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ROI Analysis Rate of Return Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Supermarket chains, with working capital, IT capabilities, and outlet networks are potentially far safer and more reliable retail financial service providers than any bank. Nor, on the report's terms, can you complain too much about it. Consider retail banking. And then there are the mobile telephone companies.

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Banking Retail Competitive Advantage Report 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

They need new executive talent, infusions of capital, and systems capable of supporting an expanding organization. For-profit companies in the same situation can turn to a robust venture capital community that is focused on providing the management, financing and strategy that innovative companies need to scale up quickly.

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Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

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Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The Future of Operations. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. For instance, a 25% reduction in the time needed to deliver a product or service can double the productivity of labor and of working capital. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. The AIIB has working capital of $50 billion with potential to go as high as $100 billion – so it is, as yet, smaller than the U.S.-led billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

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Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. The differences were dramatic.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. The types of capital generally split into two areas: Debt and Equity.

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Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. And because my husband and I were the providers of working capital, I had the luxury of being cavalier.

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Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Construction equipment and disk-drive manufacturing required heavy machinery, distribution facilities, and immense amounts of working capital. Asset-light businesses are not financed with debt. They’re financed with equity—in other words, a stake in the company. They are not asset-heavy. They are asset-light.

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