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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

This is almost 10% higher than in 2016. Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a top South Korean shipbuilding company that holds roughly a 15% share of the world’s shipbuilding market. As stated in the report, between fiscal years 2010 and 2016, MHI successfully secured a cumulative free cash flow of nearly $14.4

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business

By 2016, the rise of smart phones seemed to have made the company less relevant: Its revenues were at almost the same level they had been a full decade earlier. Commented one: “I’ve seen many transformations, but if the market is shrinking at 10% you really need to cut costs at a faster rate to maintain your margin.

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How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

Harvard Business

Since the beginning of 2016, the financial performance of hospitals and health systems in the United States has significantly worsened. The root cause is twofold: a mismatch between organizations’ strategies and actual market demand, and a lack of operational discipline. health systems. Insight Center.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Report Wednesday, 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.

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business

Four hundred seventy-one companies in the S&P 500 bought back stock last year, and 372 companies expanded their dividends — actions undertaken in spite of the need to invest heavily to keep up with global market changes. Eventually, the company’s share price nosedived.

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The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

Harvard Business

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.

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Why Life Insurers and Asset Managers Must Join Forces to Win

BCG

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. The industry’s overall business growth has stalled, and investment income has become a critical mainstay.