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

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. This was because their expenses grew faster than their revenues, despite cost-cutting initiatives. Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization. As the U.S.

Hospitality 14

Hospitality Manager Nonprofit Staffing 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia. Creative accounting measures. Overly optimistic financial statements.

Metrics 11

Metrics Cash Flow Revenue Compensation 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

Reorganization 15

Reorganization Fixed Costs Transportation Sales 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

Victors and Spoils (V&S), where John is CEO, for example, wanted to land the Harley Davidson account after the motorcycle maker split with its long-time agency. V&S ultimately presented 65 of the ideas to Richer and landed the account. MoFilm, Poptent, and Tongal, for example, focus on video production for television and web films.

Advertising 14

Advertising Variable Costs Media Fixed Costs 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

So not only were the current fees too weak to support his fixed costs, but future clients were turned off by his apparently excessive tastes. To address those cost overruns, Colin subleased some space, cancelled a redundant and very expensive trading service, and let one person go. What can you afford to lose?

Revenue 11

Revenue Fixed Costs Staffing Accounts 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Historically, larger scale has offered hospital systems a number of advantages, including increased referral volumes, better access to capital, stronger pricing power, and classic cost economies. For instance, larger scale has enabled many hospital systems to lower their per-patient operating costs significantly.

Hospitality 9

Hospitality Scaling Revenue Fixed Costs 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

A fascinating business dynamic will unfold as health care providers in the United States shift from a reimbursement system that has historically paid for procedures performed to one that rewards population health — providing the total care of a community at a fixed cost and improving its members overall health.

Revenue 9

Revenue Nonprofit Operations Hospitality 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

A visual way of depicting the plan — one that connects the starting point and the destination, and takes into account all the nuances of a business (more sales in fourth quarter, a spike in sales at month end and quarter end, etc.), Further, sales variation can get widened much more when it comes to financial variation because of fixed costs.

Fixed Costs 9

Fixed Costs Sales Sales Revenue 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Today it accounts for nearly twice that — close to 18%. Working under a fixed-cost ceiling was, of course, difficult. The constraints we operated within also required creativity, the formation of new partnerships, and an open-minded, outward-facing search for the best, most innovative models of care. Why Can’t U.S.

Hospitality 8

Hospitality Insurance Fixed Costs Accounts 8

Zenefits

JULY 31, 2022

Managing inflating costs can be difficult for companies, particularly with high fixed costs like infrastructure or manufacturing. Survival in an inflating economy requires businesses to find ways to keep costs down while still meeting customer demands. No account yet? Any of the above. Back to Vote. Remember Me.

Manager 52

Manager Onboarding Banking Process Improvement 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is the essence of Groupon's declaration last week that it will remove the controversial accounting metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI) from its financial statements. ACSOI essentially measures Groupon's profits before subtracting its subscriber-acquisition costs and stock option-based compensation.

Fixed Costs 22

Fixed Costs Metrics Scaling Marketing 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Wired reported late last year, "The top 10 Web sites accounted for 31% of US page views in 2001, 40% in 2006, and 75% in 2010." Facebook alone accounted for one quarter of all Internet pages viewed and ads served. Adding a profile on Facebook has little to no impact on Facebook's operating costs. These are tech companies.

Advertising 16

Advertising Variable Costs Scaling Media 16

AIHR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It allows companies to optimize labor costs by scaling their workforce up or down to meet changing customer needs and maintain operational efficiency. Accountants, writers, graphic designers, private tutors, and photographers are some common examples of individuals who are often self-employed.

Insurance 98

Insurance Staffing Compensation Benefits 98

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 15

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Marketing 15