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It’s Time For Leaders To Rethink The Way Their Companies Make Capital Expenditures

Chief Executive

Instead, when a given site or plant makes a capex request, that request is judged only in terms of the anticipated change in cash flow of making—or not making—the investment in isolation. They spend their last dime on their worst assets because that’s where they believe they will get money back the fastest. It’s not fact-based.

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4 Ways To Use People Analytics To Ensure A Great Place To Work

Vantage Circle

People are the biggest expense on your profit and loss, but they’re also your greatest asset to deliver revenue and returns. Human capital analytics : It is a discipline that quantifies people as an asset that can be managed and improved to increase business performance. times higher cash flow ( Bersin by Deloitte ).

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Now What? Post-SVB, CEOs Need To Exercise Strategic Vision, Tactical Wile

Chief Executive

The banking crisis kicked off by the demise of Silicon Valley Bank has opened other crevices ranging from the creakiness of the global financial system to the riskiness of the Fed’s approach to inflation-fighting to the infirmity of the engine of innovation that has been driven by America’s digital-tech giants for a quarter-century.

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Rethinking Valuation So You Don't Miss a Good Deal

Harvard Business Review

The other is a process called Opportunity Engineering (OE) that instills a different way to look at value. Horizon 1 (H1) represents the current core operations of a company that produce the cash flow needed to sustain operations, to meet investor expectations, and to invest in future growth.

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539 | The Pros & Cons: Taking Out a Loan

Chris LoCutro

And if you can't repay, they'll come for your home, your personal assets, whatever it is, because you might have that loan in your name. So more than any other asset that you can buy. being financially prepared for big purchases is part of growing up handling your assets and liability is immaturely and planning for the future.

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How To Really Measure a Company's Innovation Prowess

Harvard Business Review

Or perhaps it is difficult to really tell how well a company's innovation engine is functioning — so magazine editors are susceptible to the latest hot product or service. Operating efficiency (sales over assets). Financial leverage (assets over equity). Perhaps a company's ability to innovate doesn't last long.

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What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy

Harvard Business Review

” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering. In financial engineering, PE investors provide strong equity incentives to the management teams of their portfolio companies.