Brent and WTI crude prices fell more than 6.4% to US$29.64 and US$29.57 a barrel respectively yesterday (25Jan2016) following a ~10% rise last Friday. Today’s price came up a little opening at US$29.79 but as usual, promising nothing out of the ordinary (Figure 1).
Figure 1: WTI Oil Price, 26-Jan-2016
No one expert knows exactly how much oil out there exceeds the global volumetric demand but all seem to agree that the entire world is drowning in it. T
It is inspirational to hear words that rhyme where a line and a stanza impart a meaning using the song-like attributes of the articulated statements. The command of a poem makes one remember. It helped some University students recall difficult formulas in integral and differential calculus. It is real and it does work. I’ve used it a lot during my college years singing “The Integral of u” to the tune of “The Wonder of u.”
I have always wanted to write about risk-based management principles in a p
Enrique Suarez Presenting:
Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective
Harvard Business School Note
Agenda
• Historical Background
• Academic Underpinnings
• The Rise of Strategy Consultants
• BCG and the Experience Curve
• From the Experience Curve to Portfolio Analysis
• Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and Portfolio Analysis
• Emerging Problems
• Unbundling Industry Attractiveness
• Unbundling Competitive Position
• Competitive Cost Analysis
• Customer Analysis
• Business System Redesign
• The
Source:
David Skok
As a VC and five-time entrepreneur, David Skok frequently sees two common mistakes being made by startups:
1. Companies spend too much attempting to grow the business when it’s not ready for such growth; or
2. Companies don’t spend enough money when the business is ready to scale.
It’s, therefore, a CEO’s responsibility to decide when to hit the startup accelerator pedal. There are times when it makes sense to step on the ga
At LogicManager, we are firm believers that embracing risk management can result in two boons: ease of mind and success. On a related note, we recently came across an article by Carl Richards in The New York Times titled “For True Freedom, Learn to Deal with Uncertainty.”
“Right now, I’m working really hard on both having goals and accepting the reality of uncertainty,” Richards says. “In fact, I embrace the uncertainty and say to myself, ‘given that goal, and given the uncertainty, what’s to be
See strategy not as an act of war (Michael Porter's Five Forces) but as an act of customer bonding (Love)
Arnoldo Hax , Enrique Suarez
Execution is not the problem; aligning exection with strategy is!
Arnoldo Hax
Operational excellence is not strategy
Enrique Suarez
Processes are not strategy
Arnoldo Hax
It is important to consider a business at two levels; its strategy and its activ
Commonwealth Capital is proud to announce a New Venture Capital Fund specifically designed for Start-Up and Early Stage Companies.
We have access to many sources of capital for varying stages of a company’s existence. More importantly, we are looking to invest in start-up and early stage companies through our inaugural venture-capital fund, Commonwealth Capital Income Fund I.
Unlike most venture-capital firms, we’ve taken the mystery out of the application and funding process. We’re upfront about
Enrique Suarez Presenting:
Define Your Digital Strategy—Now
Source:
Ross, Jeanne W.
Sebastian, Ina
Fonstad
Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
M.I.T
2015-06-18
Abstract: The confluence of social, mobile, analytics, cloud, Internet of Things, and other powerful, readily accessible technologies is disrupting businesses in all industries. Success requires a coherent digital strategy that is informed by the capabilities of these technologies. Leaders guide investment decisions by focusing on eithe
Although there’s an unlimited number of ways to structure a deal, or a securities offering, the use of hybrid securities, such as; convertible notes or preferred stock, enables the entrepreneur to attract investors due to the recent ability to advertise the securities offering and compete with financial institutions for investor capital. Investors in today’s market are seeking short-term investments with relative safety and high yield. If you provide this to the investor community, you will inc
By:
Clayton M. Christensen
Before I published The Innovator’s Dilemma, I got a call from Andrew Grove, then the chairman of Intel. He had read one of my early papers about disruptive technology, and he asked if I could talk to his direct reports and explain my research and what it implied for Intel. Excited, I flew to Silicon Valley and showed up at the appointed time, only to have Grove say, “Look, stuff has happened. We have only 10 minut
Two Fundamental Paradigms
In spite of the enormous proliferation of competing schemes in the business strategy literature, there are two fundamental paradigms that have emerged as the most influential in the last two decades. First, Competitive Positioning, as proposed by Michael Porter from the Harvard Business School in the 1980’s, and, second, the Resource-Based View of the firm that evolved during the 1990’s.
Porter’s arguments are drawn from the work of organizational economists who place the
Most companies implicitly execute as if they were pursuing a Best Product commodity strategy. No degree of competent execution can save them from this never-ending treadmill. The core processes of the company need to be aligned to the chosen strategy in order to make progress against their strategic agenda and avoid a commodity-like outcome. The Delta Model identifies the core processes of the business and provides a guide for how they need to function d
Introduction to Risk provides an introduction to the key risk, business resilience, and internal audit procedures issues facing banking professionals. It provides an understanding of risk assessment including operational risk, risk identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation, risk monitoring and control.
It details the nature and importance of third party risk policies, understanding the concept of a model risk policy and business resilience. It also covers the importance of business contin
Over the weekend while traveling, I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, 
and as coincidence would have it, I hit “Chapter Seven: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes,” at a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet.
The challenge with Enterprise Risk Management is quantifying how many disasters have been prevented due to its efforts. Because of this, there is still skepticism among senior management around exactly how ERM can help to prevent major operational, strategic, regulatory, and reputational di
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Macroeconomic risks are often overlooked by SME managers when conducting risk assessments. Macro risks like wars, credit crises, market changes and technological disruptions can have catastrophic implications for SMEs.
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Governance functions are designed to manage risks that organizations face in operational and back office silos - financial misstatements, fraud, vendor management, disaster recovery, and other activities are all designed to address a subset of an organization’s risk profile. The concept of Enterprise Risk Management is not to create another function that exists in parallel to these areas, but rather creates a standardized methodology and language to objectively prioritize across functions and le
The tough conditions in the credit markets require small businesses to communicate and demonstrate their credit worthiness to satisfy exacting credit risk standards of lenders. Credit channels are open and loans are being made but strict federal regulations and heightened risk aversion by lenders places additional burdens on borrowers to demonstrate they are a good credit risk.
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