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How One CEO Found A Way To Reshore—Profitably

Chief Executive

Back in 2013, Oransi contracted with a Connecticut company to manufacture two Oransi-designed models, but those have since been discontinued. For Oransi, the answer to that question was yes, so he had to figure out how to make it work for balance sheet. So we can’t take that product and build it here and be remotely competitive.”

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CEO Confidence Falls To Decade Low, But Few Predict Recession

Chief Executive

It is the lowest level it’s been since January 2013, on the heels of the “Fiscal Cliff” drama in Washington and ahead of further debt ceiling negotiations. . CEOs say it’s the uncertainty of the situation more than specific issues that is driving their forecast down, although the list of concerns they shared continues to grow each month.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom. Well, it depends.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business Review

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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The Fiscal Cliff Is Just a Long-Overdue Hangover

Harvard Business Review

fiscal cliff debacle is being played up in the media as if the entire US economy will cease to exist come January 2, 2013. But the actual cut for 2013 is a tenth of that figure, less than one percent of GDP, each year, over ten years, which is far less dramatic. But 2013 may just look a lot like this regardless of intent.

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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. After all, they have many capabilities that entrants are racing to replicate, such as access to markets, technologies, and healthy balance sheets. Why did this happen?

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Why Data Breaches Don’t Hurt Stock Prices

Harvard Business Review

During the 2013 holiday season shopping period, Target was the object of then the biggest cyber attack on a retailer. A judge recently ruled that Target will have to defend itself against accusations of negligence by banks, credit unions and consumers when it came to preventing the 2013 security breach. The stock price declined 0.3%