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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

Since provider margins are razor thin and fixed costs are very high, small changes in incentives or market share should have a significant impact. Department of Health and Human Services has stated that it plans to shift at least 50% of all its payments to these new payment models by 2018.

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Recession-Proof Your L&D Strategies and Budget For Future Success

AIHR

Public funding: Look at local government levies and skills development opportunities to fund some of the learning spend of programs such as bursaries or learnerships. In-house: Save external coaching & mentoring costs by setting up an in-house mentoring program. The majority of budget resides in fixed costs related to headcount.

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact. In other words, would an activist see a need for yield optimization, a merger, a capital structure reorganization, or a spin-off?