Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The root cause is twofold: a mismatch between organizations’ strategies and actual market demand, and a lack of operational discipline. After a modest surge in inpatient admissions from the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion in the fall of 2014, hospitals have settled in to a lengthy period of declining hospital admissions.

System 75

System Financial Insurance Insurance 75

Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2017

The market is pushing companies to hit incredibly high numbers, quarter after quarter and month after month. companies over nine consecutive quarters (Q1 2014 through Q1 2016). Ask any organization what’s happening in the sales department on the last few days of the month and the entire last week of any fiscal quarter.

Sales 75

Sales Company Cash Flow Data 75

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the firms we identified as focused on the long term, average revenue and earnings growth were 47% and 36% higher, respectively, by 2014, and market capitalization grew faster as well. public market capitalization over this period. The differences were dramatic. Earnings quality: Accruals as a share of revenue.

Management 70

Management Metrics Financial Company 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In 2014 we described what Western investors want from African entrepreneurs. Firms are realizing what microfinance has known for a while: Local self-policing groups, or village headmen who police honor codes, can hedge cash flows in far-flung places. A realistic approach to making money might strike some as humdrum.

Cash Flow 70

Cash Flow Hotels Case Interview Productivity 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Study 70

Study Productivity Efficiency Operations 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” And in 2014, HBR published a lengthy feature critical of the practice. A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.” Such a nefarious use of corporate funds makes for great headlines.

Cash Flow 75

Cash Flow Finance Government Study 75

MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2015

Annual Update Between the end of 2007 and end of 2014, pension plan assets rose from $3.29 S&P 500 2007-12-31 to 2014-12-31 In the same timeframe, the S&P 500 rose from 1489.36 Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. trillion to $3.71

Cash Flow 28

Cash Flow Finance Data Analysis 28

BCG

OCTOBER 26, 2016

lthough the engineering, construction, and services (ECS) industry continues to lag substantially behind the broader market, a doom-and-gloom outlook is by no means warranted. Japan and China are robust markets for ECS value creation. Companies in developed markets are struggling. Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016.

Report 40

Report Construction Cash Flow Engineering 40

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. Buyers and traders in the $3.7 Chicago CUSIPs are listed here.

Financial 28

Financial Engineering Finance Government 28