The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 22, 2024

Efficiently managing the money a company needs to run its daily operations, known as working capital, is crucial for success. This connection between good working capital management and how well a company does can be complicated. They studied two types of technology investments: buying equipment and hiring IT staff.

DSO 120

DSO DPO Working Capital Supply Chain 120

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic.

Execution 387

Execution Banking Bond Diversity 387

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Yet, despite the fact that all of our guests across our 18 sessions (and counting) have embraced these truths, the average result of such commitments to innovation seems to have been tenuous. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. In the U.S.,

Outsourcing 12

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

And providers want the flexibility to deliver outcomes in the best, most innovative, and most efficient way possible without being micromanaged by the customer. Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Finally, many industries are responding to the pressures of the last few years by differentiating themselves.

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51