The Business Book

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140 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis built a business empire that stretched across the world and incorporated dozens of ...

141 Venture capitalists, such as Indian- born Vinod Khosla of Sun Microsystems, invest in companies at an early stage and risk b ...

142 liabilities. This method can be especially controversial, since it can allow the owners of the original business to sell the ...

143 are in the same position. Only the private-equity shareholders are protected—by limited liability. When publicly traded socc ...

144 In the UK, a similar fate awaited figures such as Fred Goodwin (CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland when it collapsed in 2008) and ...

145 bank kept these commercial banks alive. The taxpayer took on the risks that are supposed to be taken by the private sector. ...

146146 S W I M U P S T R E A M. G O T H E O T H E R W A Y. I G N O R E T H E C O N V E N T I O N A L W I S D O M IGNORING THE HE ...

147147 See also: Stand out in the market 28–31 ■ Gaining an edge 32–39 ■ Beware the yes-men 74–75 ■ Thinking outside the box 88– ...

148148 It makes sense for the share-buying public not to follow mass trends, but is the same true for business leaders? In 2008, ...

149149 The success of the iPad reflected Apple’s resolve to develop a superior alternative to the “netbook.” Companies like Appl ...

150 DEBT IS THE W O R S T P O V E R T Y LEVERAGE AND EXCESS RISK I n 2012, US theoretical physicist Mark Buchanan wrote Forecast ...

151 Borrowing on credit cards can lead to financial ruin. In 2007–08 many homeowners borrowed on credit to pay their mortgages, ...

152152 C A S H I S K I N G PROFIT VERSUS CASH FLOW F or new businesses, fast- growing companies, and in times of recession, cash ...

153153 Farmers buying livestock at market must—like many business owners— pay up front. Costs, such as feed and storage, will mo ...

154 O N L Y W H E N T H E T I D E G O E S O U T D O Y O U D I S C O V E R W H O ’ S B E E N S W I M M I N G N A K E D OFF-BALANC ...

155 See also: Investment and dividends 126–27 ■ Accountability and governance 130 –31 ■ Who bears the risk? 138–45 ■ Ignoring th ...

156 A S T H E R O L E O F P R I V A T E E Q U I T Y H A S G R O W N , S O H A V E T H E R I S K S I T P O S E S THE PRIVATE EQUI ...

157 Jupiter Shopping Channel is Japan’s most popular television shopping company. Now 50 percent privately owned, it benefits fr ...

158158 A S S I G N C O S T S A C C O R D I N G T O T H E R E S O U R C E S C O N S U M E D ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING C ost accounti ...