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What MoviePass Can Teach Us About the Future of Subscription Businesses

Harvard Business

Since I last wrote about the company , theater operator AMC entered the subscription market, to early success , and MoviePass took out and paid back a $6 million emergency loan and flip-flopped both its pricing and its product. Robert Woloschanowski/EyeEm/Getty Images. It has been a very rough few months for MoviePass.

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

Consultant Ninja

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 Labels: Analysis. Analysis. (40). billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 8:30 PM.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

See More Videos > See More Videos > To elaborate, a company’s intrinsic equity value reflects the long-term cash flows that shareholders expect to receive over time, discounted at the appropriate risk-adjusted cost of equity capital. And having a number of small good ideas can keep a company ahead of its rivals for years.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

Based on our analysis, our baseline case is that China may slow from the current level of 7.7% One of the more controversial conclusions of our analysis is that global economic growth could be impacted severely enough to cause a global earnings recession. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 5.0% over the next two years.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business

Recent analysis by Bain and SAP found that only 7% of bank credit products could be handled digitally from end to end. And our analysis suggests there are strategies that they can use to compete successfully online. This amounts to putting a toe in the water, while keeping current operations relatively separate and pristine.

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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business

operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Consider, for example, a surgical patient who starts in the pre-operative area, then moves to the operating room, the post-anesthesia care unit, and the inpatient floor, with occasional side trips for imaging, testing, and physical therapy.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

The investment bankers assess current and projected future cash flows to determine how much debt they can take on, service, and pay down. At the same time, management consultants will generally be brought in to look at the viability of the business, from a strategic and operational perspective.