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.

Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

To demonstrate it, we’ve examined a number of industries and mapped the level of capabilities coherence in the portfolio of each of the major players against their operating margins over the past five years. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. We call this measure the ‘coherence premium.’

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

They had to work in sequence, meaning they had to streamline the operation first — before they could launch their new growth effort. The underlying trouble had been McDonald’s working from an inside-out perspective: what fit with its current infrastructure and operations.

Products 8

Products Productivity Decentralization Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. Corporate culture.

EPS 9

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. telecom providers should take notice.

Outsourcing 12

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

This allows you to better manage operating and capital expenses. It can also improve working capital. Digital payment innovations that tap into consumers certain about their latent demand are at the heart of successful digital business models. In early 2014, Starbucks said consumers loaded $1.4

Business Model 8

Business Model Loyalty Brand Price 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.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. Over the last six years the federal government funded more than 50 new regional innovation “clusters,” and across America new accelerators and entrepreneurship boot camps are proliferating. In fact, we know a lot about what works from observing this recent experimentation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Key to our advice is the implicit acknowledgement that all disruptive businesses find their strength in some technological or business model innovation that is fundamentally better positioned than their upmarket competitors in serving some segment of the population.

Price 9

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 9

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.

Finance 9

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As product is sold, some of the initial working capital that SHE puts up is paid back, with the entrepreneurs eventually owning their local franchises. In turn, SHE reinvests its profits in new geographies or other disruptive enterprises. I've found," says Scharpf, "that the common language is the one of emotion.".

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 15