Chief Executive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

If your costs are likely to increase by 20% or more over the next three years, have a multi-pronged approach and take bold actions. Stress test a simplified P&L and balance sheet for your company under different volume changes (include interest, taxes and capex—not just EBITDA). to make more costs variable).

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Balance Sheet Fixed Costs Revenue Process Improvement 52

Chief Executive

MAY 26, 2022

CFOs have the data; you need to massage it, P&L and balance sheets, in ways that people can understand. We’re not going to final costs — just gross margin, and gross margin that is inflation-adjusted. Look at fixed costs separately.”. • Make it common-sensical.”. If that is shrinking, you’ve got a problem.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Digital Transformation Fixed Costs Balance Sheet 52

Chief Executive

JULY 25, 2022

You see people who maintain highly conservative balance sheets and enormously prudent financial positions. And if we do that, we can’t help but grow revenues per fixed cost. They’re not the most efficient use of capital; they’re not the most efficient use of buffers. What they are is enormously resilient by design.

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Balance Sheet Assets Engineering Operations 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

This typically means they look to re-engineer the balance sheet to increase shareholder yield, over the shortest amount of time possible, which typically ranges between six to twelve months. However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact.

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Balance Sheet Revenue Cash Flow Reorganization 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

In a rapidly changing industry ecosystem, heavy investments in hard infrastructure can burden balance sheets and limit flexibility. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Variable Costs Telecommunications Fixed Costs 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

For its part, Nikon focused on cost optimization opportunities and balance sheet management when communicating to value-oriented investors and on long-term structural changes when communicating to growth-oriented investors. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation.

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Balance Sheet Cash Flow Banking Fixed Costs 11