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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

UVA Darden

The federal takeover has fueled fear among some that the failures are precursors to something akin to the Great Recession, when 450 banks failed between 2008 and 2012. To find out what happened, why and what’s next, UVA Today turned to David C.

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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

UVA Darden

The federal takeover has fueled fear among some that the failures are precursors to something akin to the Great Recession, when 450 banks failed between 2008 and 2012. To find out what happened, why and what’s next, UVA Today turned to David C.

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The Problem with the Profit Motive in Finance

Harvard Business Review

has a new "white paper" out with the rah rah title, " Financial Services: Safer & Stronger in 2012." Banks have developed fortress balance sheets, improving credit quality by 54 percent, increasing net income and, restoring aggregate lending to pre-crisis levels of nearly $7 trillion. . • The largest U.S. The largest U.S.

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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

That fact becomes apparent when you juxtapose the balance sheet of a company like Microsoft with the balance sheet of a company like Siemens. Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet. It’s as simple as that. The challenge? Consider the 2.4

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. It sold the site to Shutterfly as part of its bankruptcy plan for less than $25 million in April 2012. People went from printing pictures to sharing them online.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. Effective use of predictive analytics involves mastering a new set of management, operational, and financial techniques and disciplines.

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What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

No wonder, then, that executives have placed predictive analytics at the top of the executive agenda since 2012, according to a recent Accenture survey. Effective use of predictive analytics involves mastering a new set of management, operational, and financial techniques and disciplines.