Measuring the Margins
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Measuring the Margins
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readCorporate profits, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, grew by $20.4 billion in the final quarter of 2021, a 0.7 percent increase. For the first quarter of 2022, corporate profits fell by 2.3 percent or … Continue reading
How to Calculate the Cash Conversion Cycle
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readThe Cash Conversion Cycle, also known as the Net Operating Cycle, answers the question, “How many days does it take a company to pay for and generate cash from the sales of its inventory?” However, before … Continue reading
Combating Employee Hesitancy to Return to the Office
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readAccording to the January 2022 Future Forum Pulse survey, there’s been a shift in what workers want post-pandemic. The report found that in Q4 of 2021, 78 percent of workers from six industrialized companies wanted location … Continue reading
Considerations When Selling a Business
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readAccording to the U.S. Small Business Administration and Project Equality, 60 percent of business owners plan to cash out of the business in the next 10 years. For the baby boomer generation, it’s especially important as … Continue reading
How Businesses Can Stay Current with the Digital Economy
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readAccording to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the level of usage and data swirling around the internet is expanding at an accelerating pace. The amount of data on the internet globally during 2020 amounted to 3 … Continue reading
What’s the Future for Measuring Employee Performance?
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readYearly performance evaluations just might be heading out the door, according to a recent WorkHuman Analytics & Research Institute Survey. Findings reveal that these appraisals are less than effective and used less often. Based on select … Continue reading
How Businesses Can Combat Inflation’s Toll
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Producer Price Index (PPI) or the increase in prices, goods and services that producers experienced for their input costs, saw a substantial rise, according to its … Continue reading


