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How Underground Utility And Cable Installation Construction Companies Can Get Working Capital
Jan 2010
This paper explains how to obtain working capital for your underground utility or cable installation company. Running a construction company that installs underground utilities or over ground...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Small Business Loans And Working Capital Management Changes
Jan 2010
Small business owners are currently faced with an imposing number of changes when they are seeking working capital financing and small business loans. Commercial borrowers should approach the...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Working Capital Loans And Business Financing Need Intensive Care
Feb 2010
The concept of intensive care being necessary for working capital loans accurately reflects the stress and uncertainties that most small business owners are experiencing when requesting business...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Credit Card Processing Advances And Working Capital Basics
Mar 2010
To improve their understanding of working capital management options, small business owners should review the basics for credit card processing advances and working capital financing. The...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Working Capital Financing In Six Words
Apr 2010
By describing working capital financing options in six words, this report provides a concise explanation of short-term small business financing and cash management issues. In addition to reducing...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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Working Capital Requirement
Jan 2010
This paper provides an insight on working capital requirements for a business. There are four main financial requirements of a business, namely, working capital, fixed assets, marketing costs and...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
What Is Net Working Capital
Mar 2010
Net working capital is calculated to know the current liquid position of an organization. It is the difference between the short term assets, also known as the current assets of an organization,...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Working Capital Line Of Credit
May 2010
Working capital line of credit is nothing but loans which you may take from a bank to finance your business. It is different from a business loan, in a business loan you borrow a fixed amount of...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Five Myths About Improving Working Capital
Feb 2010
Improving working capital performance enhances a company's competitiveness by increasing its Return On Invested Capital (ROIC). However, generating cash through working capital improvement is...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Improves The Ease Of Record Keeping
Dec 2007
Most sales personnel know slowing down means clearing a path for the competition. So it is easy to understand why devoting time to filling out paperwork and maintaining solid expense logs often...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
How To Organize Your Personal Finances: A Step-By-Step Guide To Manage Financial Records
Jan 2010
When you think, "I need to organize my finances", you're probably just referring to updating your budget and arranging your bills. However, you can take this a step further by organizing your...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
How To Identify Hidden Deal Risks Within The Information Technology Landscape
Apr 2010
When contemplating a mid-market asset acquisition, buyers should take sufficient time to assess the hidden deal risks within the information technology (IT) landscape. Mid-market companies,...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Eliminate Your Financial Bad Habits
Jan 2010
Individuals aren't the only ones who can have bad spending habits - sometimes businesses do too. Find ways to curb your business's worst spending habits. You have to spend money to make money, so...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Why CFO And COO Roles Are Becoming More Cross-Functional
Jun 2010
After the most recent economic downpour, the new operational river running through the executive suite is dissolving the walls between the chief financial officer and chief operating officer...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Get Your Financial Priorities Straight
Jan 2010
If you're struggling to prioritize your financial decisions, you're not alone. Whether it's investing in technology or remodeling your office, it's essential to distinguish between priorities and...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Improve Your Finances With A Cash Management Plan
Jan 2010
An effective cash flow management plan goes beyond simply sending out invoices in a timely fashion and making sure all your bills are paid on time. Instead, cash flow management is a process that...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Transparency's Dark Side
Feb 2009
As Wall Street has turned upside down, calls for more transparency, not surprisingly, have become increasingly intense. Markets thrive on information, the argument goes, and more information is...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Increases Control Of Expense Process
Dec 2007
Keeping track of expenditures employees make each month can prove to be a major challenge for many organizations. However, using MasterCard's Commercial Card Program can help those organizations...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Why Second Lien Loans Are Here To Stay Despite Tightening Liquidity
Oct 2008
The author says, "In this market, issuance is certainly down considerably from a year earlier, and it's starting to pick up a little bit because more structures are requiring junior debt". The LPC...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
How The world Has Already Changed
Feb 2009
The troubles of the US subprime-mortgage market have now mushroomed into a global financial and economic crisis. Despite the massive government response, we still don't know when or how the...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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White Papers
A Bigger Tent For Financial Reform
Feb 2009
The financial crisis of 2008 - and the breathtaking rapidity with which it has spread - has brought home how truly interconnected world economies and markets have become. It has also underscored...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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White Papers
Funding Sources For Your Business
Dec 2009
You need to understand clearly how Capital works; what your Capital and Business Finance Needs are; the Capital and Commercial Loan Pitfalls to avoid; and how to Analyze Your Capital Needs, to...
Provided by ABC Business Consulting
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White Papers
2010 CFO Outlook: A Survey Of What Manufacturing Chief Financial Officers Expect
Feb 2010
The paper explores the results of the 12th annual survey of mid-size and large U.S. manufacturing company CFOs commissioned by Bank of America Business Capital. The key message from the survey...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
In Full, On Time - And Beyond: High Performance Through Solvency II
Mar 2010
Still, insurers expect Solvency II to have a positive impact on the market. The new regulatory framework will more closely link a company's capital requirements to its risks - a wider range of...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Great Expectations In Asia Pacific Pursuing High-Performance Finance In A Multi-Polar World
Sep 2008
As economic power spreads and shifts around the globe, Asia Pacific is on the rise. The numbers tell a stunning story. This region's economy is the fastest growing in the world, galloping along at...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Future Finance - How Technology Can Help Create A High-Performance Finance Function
Sep 2007
It's found high-performance businesses that demonstrate "Mastery of finance" use the finance function in a distinctive manner to drive differentiation and superior results. Specifically, the...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
How To Analyze And Develop Business Funding Strategies And Sources
Dec 2009
This paper is Part Three of ABC Business Consulting's Business Finance Series. In part one, financing a Small Business, this paper talked about the importance of a Business Plan: financing from a...
Provided by ABC Business Consulting
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White Papers
Audit Program Planning And Management
Jan 2010
The audit function is a primary tax agency process that is critical to the integrity of tax administration and voluntary compliance. It must be viewed in the context of the system of tax...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Simplifies Business Travel
Dec 2007
See how the MasterCard Commercial Card Program's local and worldwide acceptance, and simple administration have helped mid-size retailers streamline financial transactions for traveling employees....
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
How CFOs Can Hone Their Deal Making Skills
Feb 2009
Mergers and acquisitions represent a huge opportunity and risk. Despite the different ways to approach M&A, CFOs typically play three essential deal-making roles. Somewhere in the world, no matter...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Why A SPAC May Be A Reliable Buyer In The Current M&A Environment
Jun 2009
With the credit markets still all but shut, private equity firms have little means to structure leveraged buyouts, but that doesn't mean some aren't looking to harvest their portfolio companies....
Provided by Bank of America
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The Role Of Finance In Achieving M&A Results
Apr 2009
The current credit crisis may have put a squeeze on some deal-making dreams, but for strategic buyers with strong balance sheets and the wherewithal to withstand the pressures of a major...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Why Middle-Market Deals Keep Plugging Along In A Tough Economy
Dec 2008
Big buyout firms like the Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts do headline-grabbing transactions and collect eye-popping paychecks. But when the economy slows down and lenders turn wary,...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Seller Due Diligence
Apr 2010
When the economy plummeted in 2009, the M&A landscape changed quite dramatically. For deals to close in this environment, the gap between buyer and seller expectations needs to be bridged¯allowing...
Provided by Bank of America
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High Performance After The Crisis: How Australian CFOs Are Managing And Transforming The Finance Function
Oct 2009
Australia has been fortunate to escape even a technical recession. However, the past two years have been far from easy for most businesses and there is potential for continued challenges ahead -...
Provided by Accenture
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How Today's Credit Market Is Impacting Smaller Middle-Market Deals
Oct 2008
The volatility in the credit markets has been one of the most widely covered topics in the financial industry since the beginning of 2008. The impact of this volatility has been felt throughout...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Special Report: Dealing With The Downturn Risk Management - Constructive Tension
May 2009
Enterprise risk management and enterprise performance management are really two sides of the same coin. To achieve balance between the two, companies must fully integrate risk management with...
Provided by Accenture
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How Worsening Economic Conditions Have Put Buyers In The Driver's Seat
Apr 2009
Recent economic turmoil has changed the M&A playing field. With credit markets frozen and the wild and often downward swings of a volatile stock market, sellers are now finding the world is no...
Provided by Bank of America
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How Cost-Focused Due Diligence Can Add Value To A Deal
Aug 2008
Many buyers are drilling deeper into prospective acquisitions these days, going well beyond testing the revenue-based assumptions to focus on cost structures of a target's income statement. Such...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Nine Ways Government Organizations Can Reduce Budget Deficits Without Cutting Services
Mar 2009
As the fiscal crisis that began in 2008 continues, most experts agree that this economic downturn is different than its predecessors, in that it is deeper and will take longer to resolve. That...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Box Office Revenue Forecasting: A System Dynamics Approach
May 2009
System dynamics models offer tremendous potential for use as forecasting tools. The primary advantages offered by systems dynamics-based forecasting models over traditional forecasting methods...
Provided by Sensorlytics
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International Reserves And Underdeveloped Capital Markets
May 2010
Informal, under-the-table, payments to public health providers are increasingly being seen as a critically important source of health financing in developing and transition countries. With minimal...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Informal Payments And The Financing Of Health Care In Developing And Transition Countries
Jun 2010
This paper examines the interaction between minimum wage legislation and tax evasion by employed labor. The author develops a model in which firms and workers may agree to report less than the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Savings Constraints And Microenterprise Development: Evidence From A Field Experiment In Kenya
Sep 2010
How do changes in competitive intensity affect trade patterns? In this paper, the authors exploit a quasinatural experiment associated with increased anti-trust enforcement activity over the last...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Divisional Managers And Internal Capital Markets
Oct 2010
The authors investigate the determinants of capital allocation to financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). It's found that banks' political ties played a significant...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
New Directions In Value Management
Jan 2008
Every CEO of a public company runs the risk of getting caught between two powerful constituencies: on one side, increasingly demanding investors, determined to maximize their returns relative to...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Taking Deflation Seriously
Jan 2008
Two years after the biggest downturn in world stock markets since World War II, business executives need to take seriously the prospect of deflation. No one can predict with certainty that the...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Thriving In The New Normal: Corporate Banking 2008/2009
Dec 2008
The financial crisis has led to a striking reversal of fortune for corporate banks. The years leading up to the credit crunch were good ones for the sector, as strong economies created...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Collateral Damage Part 3: Asia, Advantage And Action
Nov 2008
As the crisis built up over the last few months, with the contagion spreading first among financial institutions and then from financial institutions into the "Real economy," some commentators...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Collateral Damage Part 1: What The Crisis In The Credit Markets Means For Everyone Else
Oct 2008
Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper is structured into five chapters....
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Winning In A Downturn: Managing Working Capital
Aug 2009
Working capital is an important source of cash throughout the business cycle, but it is especially critical during a downturn. In periods of economic expansion, managers often focus so intently on...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Time To Engage-Or Fade Away: What All Owners Should Learn From The Shakeout In Private Equity
Feb 2010
To guide owners seeking to improve the competitive position of their companies, the authors have developed a framework comprising nine levers with an empirically proven impact on operational...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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After The Storm: Creating Value In Banking 2010
Feb 2010
The global banking industry staged a remarkable turnaround last year, with strong growth in both market capitalization and total shareholder return (TSR). From peak to trough, the market...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Crisis As Opportunity: Global Corporate Banking 2010
Jun 2010
The financial crisis has had a devastating effect on many banks overall, but its impact on corporate banking business units has been more nuanced. There have been winners and losers. About...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Threading The Needle: Value Creation In A Low-Growth Economy
Sep 2010
Although 2009 saw a strong rebound in equity values, global capital markets are still laboring under the shadow of the worldwide financial crisis that began in 2008. Global market indexes were up...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Breaking Compromises In The Mass Affluent Market
Jul 2010
Mass affluent investors constitute one of the largest and fastest - growing segments of the wealth management market. In 2004 the Pool of assets under management held by mass affluent investors in...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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A Key To Smart Sourcing: Hedging Against Risk
Sep 2007
Commodity risk can jeopardize even the best-laid business strategy. Unexpected price swings or supply shortages can hinder production, disrupt earnings, and derail growth plans. But by making a...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Health Care Regulation Across Europe: From Funding Crisis To Productivity Imperative
Sep 2007
Scarcely a month passes without some striking regulatory change in one European health-care system or another. New measures supplement, and often contradict, existing measures; reforms reform...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Strategy Type And Performance: The Influence Of Sales Force Management
Oct 2010
Marketing does not operate in a vacuum. Marketing decisions are strongly influenced by both market-level and organizational forces, and strongly influence a firm's success at achieving competitive...
Provided by John Wiley & Sons
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White Papers
It#$#s Not Academic: Dealing With Expenses in Education
Sep 2010
Universities and other higher education establishments increasingly have to address the need for savings across the board. One area of focus has to be expenses from faculty members and others...
Provided by Quocirca
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Webcasts
On The Verge Of An Acquisition?
May 2008
Microsoft came knocking, but they and Yahoo! could not agree on a price, says Sue Decker, president of the search engine and online community. Decker attributes the incomplete partnership to a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Leadership, Communication, And Facilitation Skills
May 2008
Microsoft came knocking, but they and Yahoo! could not agree on a price, says Sue Decker, president of the search engine and online community. Decker attributes the incomplete partnership to a...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Who Will Foot The Bill?
Aug 2010
In recent months, discussion surrounding the financial soundness of state pension plans has been hotly contested. In fact, recent research by the Kellogg School suggests that pension programs in...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Impact Series: San Francisco
May 2010
The economic meltdown may have left venture capitalists down for the count - but they're not out of the game. During the hour-long discussion with Interim Dean Sunil Chopra, Haque talked about the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Trust In Stock Market Stabilizes
Oct 2009
Trust in America's financial system continues to edge upward, according to the latest quarterly findings in the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index. Most notably, the researchers...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
Playing It Small Doesn't Mean Not Making Money
Jan 2010
Skewed expectations present a major risk when accepting venture capital. Most venture capitalists expect to make a lot of money, and they expect the company they help to become billion-dollar...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Structural Changes In Venture Capital
May 2010
The "Venture capital industry" does not exist, says serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen. Rather, the landscape is a loosely-affiliated network of over 600 investment organizations, with only about...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Disadvantages Of Venture Capital
Jan 2008
While entrepreneur and former Lotus 1-2-3 founder Mitch Kapor understands how selling finance can boost a burgeoning enterprise, his experience has also acquainted him with some of the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Kellogg Team Meets 'Challenge' From JPMorgan
Jan 2008
A team of six Kellogg School of Management students had an outstanding performance in the JPMorgan Mergers & Acquisition Challenge held Jan. 11 in Chicago. This year's case competition pitted...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Decade's Best Stock Picker Is Kellogg Grad Joel Tillinghast '83
Feb 2008
A portfolio manager needs to be good to beat the market, and even better to stay ahead of investment gurus like Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO. Over nearly two decades, Kellogg graduate...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Grad Highlights Global Trends In Private Equity
Feb 2008
Supply and demand are not the only laws impacting investment decisions for some, including Bahrain-based private equity firm Arcapita. "Back in the '70s and '80s, the Middle East was basically...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Silver Spring Networks CEO Speaks On Investing In Energy Tech
Feb 2008
The landscape confronting the energy business today isn't exactly a stroll in the park, according to some in the field. First, said Silver Spring Networks President and CEO Scott Lang, the energy...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Smaller Deals, Less Debt
Jan 2009
Private equity will survive the recession, but when the fallout ends, the industry will be much smaller and a lot wiser. That was the prediction of David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Capitalizing On 'An Amazing Moment'
Feb 2009
Debate still rages over how much the racial divide in the United States has been narrowed by the election of the country's first black president. But speakers at the Kellogg School's 22nd Black...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
The Credit Crisis Hits Sand Hill Road
Oct 2008
Will the nation's famed investment avenue suddenly reach a dead end? The map toward future investment could be marred with tighter coffers in a poor economic climate, says Mohr Davidow Ventures...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The Benefits Of Stockpiling Cash
Jan 2009
Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, is proud to point out that his previous enterprise, ONI Systems, was the first to be taken IPO after the dot-com crash of 2000 - and that they...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The State Of Venture Capital
May 2010
The VC industry is suffering from a severe lack of liquidity, says Intel Capital's Vice President Lisa Lambert. Lambert offers her analysis on the current shape of the investment community - and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
An Emerging Market: Investing In Nanosolar
Oct 2008
In this clip, Erik Straser, a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, discusses a case study of his firm's investment in a new solar technology modeled after printing a daily newspaper. Straser speaks...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
The Ties That Bind: Measuring International Bond Spillovers Using The Inflation-Indexed Bond Yields
Jun 2007
This paper explores international bond spillovers using daily and intra-day data on yields on inflation-indexed bonds and associated inflation expectations for the United States, Australia,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Effect Of FDI On Job Security
Apr 2008
Novel linked employer-employee data for multinational enterprises and their global workforces show that multinational enterprises that expand abroad retain more domestic jobs than competitors...
Provided by UC San Diego
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White Papers
Small Business Loans And Working Capital Management Changes
Jan 2010
Small business owners are currently faced with an imposing number of changes when they are seeking working capital financing and small business loans. Commercial borrowers should approach the...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
Working Capital Loans And Business Financing Need Intensive Care
Feb 2010
The concept of intensive care being necessary for working capital loans accurately reflects the stress and uncertainties that most small business owners are experiencing when requesting business...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
Credit Card Processing Advances And Working Capital Basics
Mar 2010
To improve their understanding of working capital management options, small business owners should review the basics for credit card processing advances and working capital financing. The...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
Working Capital Financing In Six Words
Apr 2010
By describing working capital financing options in six words, this report provides a concise explanation of short-term small business financing and cash management issues. In addition to reducing...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
Working Capital Requirement
Jan 2010
This paper provides an insight on working capital requirements for a business. There are four main financial requirements of a business, namely, working capital, fixed assets, marketing costs and...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
What Is Net Working Capital
Mar 2010
Net working capital is calculated to know the current liquid position of an organization. It is the difference between the short term assets, also known as the current assets of an organization,...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
Working Capital Line Of Credit
May 2010
Working capital line of credit is nothing but loans which you may take from a bank to finance your business. It is different from a business loan, in a business loan you borrow a fixed amount of...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
Five Myths About Improving Working Capital
Feb 2010
Improving working capital performance enhances a company's competitiveness by increasing its Return On Invested Capital (ROIC). However, generating cash through working capital improvement is...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Improves The Ease Of Record Keeping
Dec 2007
Most sales personnel know slowing down means clearing a path for the competition. So it is easy to understand why devoting time to filling out paperwork and maintaining solid expense logs often...
Provided by MasterCard
-
White Papers
How To Organize Your Personal Finances: A Step-By-Step Guide To Manage Financial Records
Jan 2010
When you think, "I need to organize my finances", you're probably just referring to updating your budget and arranging your bills. However, you can take this a step further by organizing your...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
How To Identify Hidden Deal Risks Within The Information Technology Landscape
Apr 2010
When contemplating a mid-market asset acquisition, buyers should take sufficient time to assess the hidden deal risks within the information technology (IT) landscape. Mid-market companies,...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Eliminate Your Financial Bad Habits
Jan 2010
Individuals aren't the only ones who can have bad spending habits - sometimes businesses do too. Find ways to curb your business's worst spending habits. You have to spend money to make money, so...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Why CFO And COO Roles Are Becoming More Cross-Functional
Jun 2010
After the most recent economic downpour, the new operational river running through the executive suite is dissolving the walls between the chief financial officer and chief operating officer...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Get Your Financial Priorities Straight
Jan 2010
If you're struggling to prioritize your financial decisions, you're not alone. Whether it's investing in technology or remodeling your office, it's essential to distinguish between priorities and...
Provided by MasterCard
-
White Papers
Improve Your Finances With A Cash Management Plan
Jan 2010
An effective cash flow management plan goes beyond simply sending out invoices in a timely fashion and making sure all your bills are paid on time. Instead, cash flow management is a process that...
Provided by MasterCard
-
White Papers
Transparency's Dark Side
Feb 2009
As Wall Street has turned upside down, calls for more transparency, not surprisingly, have become increasingly intense. Markets thrive on information, the argument goes, and more information is...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
-
White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Increases Control Of Expense Process
Dec 2007
Keeping track of expenditures employees make each month can prove to be a major challenge for many organizations. However, using MasterCard's Commercial Card Program can help those organizations...
Provided by MasterCard
-
White Papers
Why Second Lien Loans Are Here To Stay Despite Tightening Liquidity
Oct 2008
The author says, "In this market, issuance is certainly down considerably from a year earlier, and it's starting to pick up a little bit because more structures are requiring junior debt". The LPC...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
How The world Has Already Changed
Feb 2009
The troubles of the US subprime-mortgage market have now mushroomed into a global financial and economic crisis. Despite the massive government response, we still don't know when or how the...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
-
White Papers
A Bigger Tent For Financial Reform
Feb 2009
The financial crisis of 2008 - and the breathtaking rapidity with which it has spread - has brought home how truly interconnected world economies and markets have become. It has also underscored...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
-
White Papers
Funding Sources For Your Business
Dec 2009
You need to understand clearly how Capital works; what your Capital and Business Finance Needs are; the Capital and Commercial Loan Pitfalls to avoid; and how to Analyze Your Capital Needs, to...
Provided by ABC Business Consulting
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White Papers
2010 CFO Outlook: A Survey Of What Manufacturing Chief Financial Officers Expect
Feb 2010
The paper explores the results of the 12th annual survey of mid-size and large U.S. manufacturing company CFOs commissioned by Bank of America Business Capital. The key message from the survey...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
In Full, On Time - And Beyond: High Performance Through Solvency II
Mar 2010
Still, insurers expect Solvency II to have a positive impact on the market. The new regulatory framework will more closely link a company's capital requirements to its risks - a wider range of...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Great Expectations In Asia Pacific Pursuing High-Performance Finance In A Multi-Polar World
Sep 2008
As economic power spreads and shifts around the globe, Asia Pacific is on the rise. The numbers tell a stunning story. This region's economy is the fastest growing in the world, galloping along at...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Future Finance - How Technology Can Help Create A High-Performance Finance Function
Sep 2007
It's found high-performance businesses that demonstrate "Mastery of finance" use the finance function in a distinctive manner to drive differentiation and superior results. Specifically, the...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
How To Analyze And Develop Business Funding Strategies And Sources
Dec 2009
This paper is Part Three of ABC Business Consulting's Business Finance Series. In part one, financing a Small Business, this paper talked about the importance of a Business Plan: financing from a...
Provided by ABC Business Consulting
-
White Papers
Audit Program Planning And Management
Jan 2010
The audit function is a primary tax agency process that is critical to the integrity of tax administration and voluntary compliance. It must be viewed in the context of the system of tax...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
MasterCard Commercial Card Program Simplifies Business Travel
Dec 2007
See how the MasterCard Commercial Card Program's local and worldwide acceptance, and simple administration have helped mid-size retailers streamline financial transactions for traveling employees....
Provided by MasterCard
-
White Papers
How CFOs Can Hone Their Deal Making Skills
Feb 2009
Mergers and acquisitions represent a huge opportunity and risk. Despite the different ways to approach M&A, CFOs typically play three essential deal-making roles. Somewhere in the world, no matter...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Why A SPAC May Be A Reliable Buyer In The Current M&A Environment
Jun 2009
With the credit markets still all but shut, private equity firms have little means to structure leveraged buyouts, but that doesn't mean some aren't looking to harvest their portfolio companies....
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
The Role Of Finance In Achieving M&A Results
Apr 2009
The current credit crisis may have put a squeeze on some deal-making dreams, but for strategic buyers with strong balance sheets and the wherewithal to withstand the pressures of a major...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Why Middle-Market Deals Keep Plugging Along In A Tough Economy
Dec 2008
Big buyout firms like the Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts do headline-grabbing transactions and collect eye-popping paychecks. But when the economy slows down and lenders turn wary,...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Seller Due Diligence
Apr 2010
When the economy plummeted in 2009, the M&A landscape changed quite dramatically. For deals to close in this environment, the gap between buyer and seller expectations needs to be bridged¯allowing...
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High Performance After The Crisis: How Australian CFOs Are Managing And Transforming The Finance Function
Oct 2009
Australia has been fortunate to escape even a technical recession. However, the past two years have been far from easy for most businesses and there is potential for continued challenges ahead -...
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How Today's Credit Market Is Impacting Smaller Middle-Market Deals
Oct 2008
The volatility in the credit markets has been one of the most widely covered topics in the financial industry since the beginning of 2008. The impact of this volatility has been felt throughout...
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Special Report: Dealing With The Downturn Risk Management - Constructive Tension
May 2009
Enterprise risk management and enterprise performance management are really two sides of the same coin. To achieve balance between the two, companies must fully integrate risk management with...
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How Worsening Economic Conditions Have Put Buyers In The Driver's Seat
Apr 2009
Recent economic turmoil has changed the M&A playing field. With credit markets frozen and the wild and often downward swings of a volatile stock market, sellers are now finding the world is no...
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How Cost-Focused Due Diligence Can Add Value To A Deal
Aug 2008
Many buyers are drilling deeper into prospective acquisitions these days, going well beyond testing the revenue-based assumptions to focus on cost structures of a target's income statement. Such...
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Nine Ways Government Organizations Can Reduce Budget Deficits Without Cutting Services
Mar 2009
As the fiscal crisis that began in 2008 continues, most experts agree that this economic downturn is different than its predecessors, in that it is deeper and will take longer to resolve. That...
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How To Overcome Roadblocks To A Successful M&A
Aug 2009
Current economic conditions have landed a lot of companies on the block, many of which have never experienced this type of downturn before. Pragmatic CEOs are looking at survival scenarios, either...
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