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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

The lesson we can learn from MHI is to create an environment conducive to innovative practices, which means communicating the company’s goals and strategies to pursue them. Since 2007, MHI Group has changed its management paradigm toward portfolio optimization, introducing a strategic business evaluation system and focusing on cash flow.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. times global GDP). Related Video.

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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. The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 Just buying the calls would have been a much better (if more cash intensive up front) strategy.

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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Energy investment added to GDP since 2010, with $550 billion in bond and loan offerings. percent notes, issued in December 2010, have tumbled to 64 cents on the dollar from 106.3 The Houston-based company’s $750 million of 9.25

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Interest Rates Lower; Business Prices Higher

Martinka Consulting

I represent a lot of business buyers and often I hear something like the following, “I won’t pay more than X times cash flow” (or profit, or EBITDA – pick your term). or 4, times cash flow” won’t get the deal when the bank will lend that amount or more.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Fostering innovation.

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

For the past several years, Wells Fargo has been run by MBAs, while Bank of America’s CEO since 2010, Brian Moynihan, has a law degree from Notre Dame. In addition, firms with lawyer CEOs seemed more likely to deploy strategies that are associated with less litigation, and their firms experienced lower volatility.