Chief Executive

MAY 26, 2022

Manage your business “on the basis of cash, not on the basis of accounting,” Charan said, reminding his audience that Jeff Bezos built Amazon into a multi-billion-dollar company partly by putting cash on the throne of his operating philosophy. We’re not going to final costs — just gross margin, and gross margin that is inflation-adjusted.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Digital Transformation Fixed Costs Balance Sheet 52

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. telecom providers should take notice.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Variable Costs Telecommunications Fixed Costs 12

Chief Executive

JULY 25, 2022

You see people who maintain highly conservative balance sheets and enormously prudent financial positions. If I could pick the one thing that I would change in how executives lead companies by magically waving a wand, it would be the timeframe in which they operate—that you manage for the quarter century, not the quarter.

Balance Sheet 98

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. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense for companies operating in the same space to continually compete. Example: Jolly Inc.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Revenue Reorganization 12