http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/10/something-i-dont-get-about-business-and-bailouts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=something-i-dont-get-about-business-and-bailouts The Applied Theorist's Point of View Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2008/10/something-i-dont-get-about-business-and-bailouts/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 jmount Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:07:12 +0000 http://www.win-vector.com/blog/?p=23#comment-1929 Update- one of the big businesses added value to its "to be paid on time you must off a discount scheme": they went to net-90 day payment. For you consultants out there Alan Weiss had a preemptive tactic for dealing with this. He found out that many billable departments had a policy that required them to always payment terms if a vendor discount was offered- so he offers a discount if they pay in full before the work is performed. Update- one of the big businesses added value to its “to be paid on time you must off a discount scheme”: they went to net-90 day payment. For you consultants out there Alan Weiss had a preemptive tactic for dealing with this. He found out that many billable departments had a policy that required them to always payment terms if a vendor discount was offered- so he offers a discount if they pay in full before the work is performed.

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