Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Furthermore, there will be new complexities in managing the balance sheet and navigating wider financing decisions; particularly as the “carry trade” (the strategy of borrowing at low interest rates in developed countries and investing in higher yielding emerging markets), becomes less attractive.

Balance Sheet 13

Balance Sheet Banking Operations Strategic Planning 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

to 3 percent in 2014 (U.S. Economic Outlook for 2014 and Beyond, January 13, 2014, About.com), and our own research , “CEO Briefing 2014 –The Global Agenda: Competing in a Digital World,” found widespread optimism in the C-Suite about companies’ growth prospects. After more than five years of sluggish growth, U.S.

eCommerce 10

eCommerce Balance Sheet Strategic Planning Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement.

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Balance Sheet Assets Revenue Accounts 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based ” When you force your employees to use slow or inconvenient technology, the costs don’t show up on your balance sheet immediately. In our experience at VenturePact, telecommuters tend to be self-starters and quick learners. But there are some common pain points.

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Balance Sheet Travel Accounts Project Management 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

These are often overlooked on balance sheets but can generate significant extra value for companies. Plus, the same measures that yield such efficiency gains also offer myriad other benefits , from improved employee health and retention, to better sales and lease-up rates, to enhanced brand reputation. Invest in smart controls.

Manager 13

Manager Energy Balance Sheet Accounts 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

After all, the euro zone, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund had provided the Greek government with €344 billion in loans by June 2015 — almost twice as much as Greece’s annual output in 2014.

Banking 12

Banking Balance Sheet Government Assets 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The shutdown will be completed by early 2014, bringing to a close a dramatic story of rise and fall at the hands of disruptive technological innovation, or what we have called “ big bang disruption.” It comes instead from what economists call the intangibles–including copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

Balance Sheet 10

Balance Sheet Assets Digital Transformation Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

output comes from fracking operations that have cut costs dramatically since slumping prices in 2014 forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy. Most major producers with large balance sheets will likely hedge their bets and attempt both. The soaring U.S. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

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Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. After that, however, WPP practiced programmatic M&A, turning it into a strong muscle.

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Balance Sheet Sales Sales Revenue 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

We taught lending officers how to talk to businesses that were afraid that taking debt onto their balance sheets was riskier than maintaining a flat-growth business. In the second place, even if the stakeholders understand how they benefit from communicating about growth, they need to learn how to effectively talk the talk.

Scaling 13

Scaling Banking Balance Sheet Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

According to Schulte, Roth & Zabel’s Activist Investing 2015 Annual Review, a total of 344 companies worldwide were subjected to activist demands in 2014, up 18% from the 291 recorded in 2013. With two separate balance sheets, management could plan around the risk variables (i.e. Over the last three years the U.S.

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Balance Sheet Cash Flow Revenue Reorganization 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The 2014 numbers above include two new Fed board members (Stan Fischer and Lael Brainard) and one renominated to a second term (Jerome Powell) who haven’t been confirmed by the Senate yet. Bernanke had never issued loans, had never evaluated balance sheets, and probably did not believe it was a macro useful thing to do.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Banking Education Reorganization 12