Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see. Headquarters provides accountability and perhaps better metrics than the divisional managers might otherwise have.

Cash Flow 15

Cash Flow Engineering Fixed Costs Sales 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. By placing upper and lower bounds on price volatility, producers can count on a more certain cash flow. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

The diversion of cash from investment slowed long-term strategic success. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure. Facing headwinds to growth, executives delayed R&D and capital investments to hit three-year free-cash-flow goals.

Cash Flow 12

Cash Flow Manager Government Digital Transformation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks. Because of these dubious decisions, GE’s ratio of debt to earnings has soared from 1.5 in 2013 to 3.7

Cash Flow 8

Cash Flow Revenue Accounts Sales 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2014

In dealing with diverse potential funding sources throughout your enterprise’s growth, you always need to keep top-of-mind the question “What’s in it for them ?”. As an investor, I have seen quite a few ventures fail from running out of cash. Manage accounts receivable like a hawk, but pay on time. You get the point.

Scaling 8

Scaling Cash Flow Banking Sales 8

Chief Executive

MARCH 3, 2023

We have entered what I call the Age of Diverse Markets. These are your large, high-profit accounts. Some are important development accounts and/or technical/fashion leaders. The majority of your profit desert customers, however, are small accounts. Today, EPM enables managers to do this. Profit peak customers.

Metrics 98

Metrics Cash Flow ROI Revenue 98

Zenefits

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Individuals who are neurodivergent and have atypical mental or neurological functioning can increase overall diversity and inclusion in your workplace. Discover how it can help you achieve a more diverse workforce. Why is a diverse workforce important? More diversity can also increase innovation. What is neurodiversity?

Inclusion 52

Inclusion Diversity Cash Flow Retention 52

Zenefits

JANUARY 7, 2023

And it’s something that employers need to consider carefully — because landing in a costly settlement or lawsuit can significantly interrupt your cash flow, lower morale, stimulate employee churn, and harm the company’s brand reputation. No account yet? It also creates a toxic workplace. Discrimination. Harassment.

Cash Flow 105

Cash Flow Human Resources Onboarding Performance Review 105

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Two old businesses—Windows and Office—account for close to 80% of the company’s profits. Companies with a diverse portfolio of businesses, such as Apple, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, or Procter & Gamble, will always need to swim in both red and blue oceans and succeed in both oceans at the corporate level.

Cash Flow 15

Cash Flow Revenue Marketing Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

There are over two thousand consumer-focused subscription businesses capitalizing upon customers’ diverse tastes. Likewise, what is the right set of metrics that company executives should use to manage their subscription businesses in order to hold themselves fully accountable to their stakeholders? Case Study: Blue Apron.

Revenue 8

Revenue Retention Sales Sales 8