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What is a Healthy Company?

Markovitz Consulting

Similarly, one of the primary drivers of GE’s fall from grace was the reckless pursuit of profits from its financing operations. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering. Yes—an elementary school for budding engineers, pre-K through grade 5 (10 years old). What makes for a healthy company?

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain.

Insurance 133
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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. times global GDP).

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth. " Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Financing problems of non-financial corporations in EMEs can also feed into the banking system. Financial cycles differ from business cycles.

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The 3 Company Crises Boards Should Watch For

Harvard Business

To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine. To restore its balance sheet, it had to sell half the business. Consequently, the finance group, the risk organization, and the nonexecutive directors do most of this work.

Company 70
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Inequality Isn’t Just Due to Market Forces — It’s Caused by Decisions the Boss Makes, Too

Harvard Business

Scholars from a number of fields have offered explanations for this transition, including globalization, technological change, declining unionization, heightened product market competition, and the rise of finance. Take, for example, computer-aided design software , which has greatly transformed the organization of work in many industries.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

They lower mortgage and consumer financing costs for households, who represent a substantial portion of total borrowing, allowing them greater spending power. This isn’t the first time, of course, that the balance-sheet dynamics during a growth miracle have created unrealistic evaluations about the quality of policymaking.

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