Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

A full-time job provided the steady income needed to support our traditional version of the American Dream: the highly leveraged, high-fixed-cost house; the cars; the latest consumer goods. If you had a full-time job, you won. All of that is changing.

Insurance 14

Insurance Reorganization Fixed Costs Benefits 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Successful companies are notoriously prone to pursuing tactical fixes rather than confronting strategic problems. They exhort their people to try harder, introduce overhead cost reduction programs, and reorganize – anything rather than admit that their strategy needs an overhaul. The answer is simple – selling more.

Reorganization 15

Reorganization Fixed Costs Transportation Sales 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Since provider margins are razor thin and fixed costs are very high, small changes in incentives or market share should have a significant impact. Department of Health and Human Services has stated that it plans to shift at least 50% of all its payments to these new payment models by 2018.

Insurance 14

Insurance Administration Implementation Reorganization 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact. In other words, would an activist see a need for yield optimization, a merger, a capital structure reorganization, or a spin-off?

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Revenue Cash Flow Reorganization 12

AIHR

APRIL 20, 2023

The majority of budget resides in fixed costs related to headcount. Given the current talent market, we also believe there are some opportunities for alternative models such as gig-workers and job-sharing to be utilized to reduce fixed costs within the L&D organization.

Sales 98

Sales Sales Fixed Costs Marketing 98