Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

” Another reason you might see a very high ROA is if a company is messing with its balance sheet, explains Knight. The energy-trading company had a very high ROA. Return on equity is a similar calculation, but it looks at equity, the net worth of the company, not by what it owns, but by the accounting rules.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2011

For the above are essentially off-balance-sheet liabilities — a set of hidden costs brushed under the rug in the economic equivalent of a ginormous, ongoing national Enron. By these rough estimates, while the official debt to GDP ratio is approaching 100%, our debt-to-prosperity ratio is probably higher — maybe much higher.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Last year, Citi produced a powerful study of the costs and benefits of shifting the energy system toward low-carbon technologies. These so-called “stranded assets,” sitting on petro-company balance sheets, are essentially worthless. And thus those companies are massively overvalued.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

however improbably, into the world’s largest energy producer. An Energy Bonanza . First, America’s energy bonanza has changed the equation. America’s energy bonanza is not a short-lived phenomenon. will shift from energy importer to energy independent, then to net energy exporter. Two things ….

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. Some are branded currencies , like the points in a loyalty program or the cash in an iTunes account or Starbucks mobile app. Intellectual capital. Money itself is becoming more intelligent and connected.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

The strategy works, temporarily putting more cash on the positive side of the balance sheet. Its function is to grow companies by turning active economic activity into static bags of capital; in doing so, it has taken a liquid medium necessary for our economy’s circulation and frozen it in corporate accounts.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.

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Chief Executive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Despite stiff economic headwinds, robust M&A opportunities are there for the taking, with many companies enjoying steady cash flows and strong balance sheets. “In In today’s high-inflation environment, strategic acquirers with lots of cash on the balance sheet need to do something with it,” says Christopher R.

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Peter Winick

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recognizing its potential during a Mastermind session, she and her team developed a groundbreaking AI tool to simplify and analyze messy small business balance sheets. Accountants, CPAs, and referral partners are already helping bring her vision to life. The format for PNL balance sheet has not changed.

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Chris LoCutro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

I share why reconciling accounts, preparing for taxes, and analyzing financial performance are crucial steps. They've not done a really good job reconciling their bank accounts. And the reason why is because most of the time, a lot of business owners have not been trained to do their accounting properly.

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