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 Banking Working Capital Finance 15

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

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

JANUARY 10, 2013

With most high-potential ventures, however, founders must mobilize more resources than they control personally: the venture eventually will require production facilities, distribution channels, working capital, and so forth. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms.

Definition 14

Definition Entrepreneur Business Model Tactics 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The article, " Surviving Disruption ," represents our first attempt in two decades to outline the other side of disruption — how to manage legacy businesses. To survive disruption, managers of legacy businesses need to change the game. For Best Buy, turning to fight their disruptor head on is asking for swift defeat.

Price 12

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 12

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. Managing Emotion Effectively Keeps Business On Track. In turn, SHE reinvests its profits in new geographies or other disruptive enterprises.

Franchising 16

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

In fact, the relentless drive to embrace digital technologies has been ongoing for many decades. What also seems to have been forgotten are the lessons from these earlier attempts to leverage IT (remember that IT is a digital technology). The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Insight Center.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand. Creative accounting measures.

EPS 11

EPS Metrics Short-term Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too. As a result, some governments and private foundations have introduced social impact bonds to provide the necessary working capital. Making PbR Work.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. And prior to the latest economic challenges, its middle class was estimated to account for as much as 60% of the total population.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. 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. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate. Highways can’t keep up with demand.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Both associations managed their brands and ran the clearing and settlement systems for banks that issued cards or helped merchants accept cards. These card networks were allowed to charge their members just enough to cover cost and provide working capital.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The answer may be that the innovator’s dilemma is no longer the only paradox at play in innovation management. For managers of industrial-era organizations, the economics of investing in disruptive opportunities were vexing. So naturally, as a manager, you left such innovations to new entrants. The Old Dilemma.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8