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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Uniteds fuel hedging strategy has all the marks of some smooth-talking consultants or bankers. In both 2008 and 2007, an increase in jet fuel prices was the primary reason for higher mainline and United Express fuel expense and aircraft fuel cost per gallon, as highlighted in the table below. billion in 2008. at 8:30 PM.

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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Diversify Revenue Streams One fundamental strategy for business resilience is to diversify revenue streams. Businesses should adopt conservative financial management practices , such as effective cash flow monitoring, prudent budgeting, and building a large war chest of cash and other liquid assets.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

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.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business

But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners. Chaos ensued.

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Marketing Guidelines for Professional Services Firms During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Prudent Pedal

Prior to COVID-19, I have marketed through the Internet Gold Rush, Y2K, the dot-com bust, 9/11, The Great 2008 Recession, and any number of other “irrational” rushes. Marketing agencies don’t need to be talking about cash-flow, CARE or FMLA. There is also a positive ethos of concern and a sincere desire to be helpful.

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

They are seeing first hand how many opportunities are being missed to improve profitability and cash flow just from existing operations alone. This algorithm has been developed since 2008 and has been constantly improved with the input of over 500 consultants working with 15,000+ businesses.