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

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. The leading companies are getting out in front of this trend.

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

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., telecom providers should take notice.

Outsourcing 12

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 12

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. Creative accounting measures.

EPS 9

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

These card networks were allowed to charge their members just enough to cover cost and provide working capital. Around the world, though, many countries still have domestic payment networks that operate as not-for-profit platforms. For more on this, read Dee Hock’s book about starting up the Visa network.).

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The Future of Operations. 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. Sponsored by GE Corporate. Highways can’t keep up with demand.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 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. It should be competing differently.

Price 9

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Buoyed by low-margin structures and new technological architectures that could support lower costs, the competitors that entered your industry were able to take more and more market share — eventually convincing even your best customers to embrace their products and services. They are not asset-heavy. They are asset-light.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

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 billion of subscribed capital). technology and communications companies. led World Bank ($2223.2

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

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

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. 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.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8