Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

France produces fewer start-ups than the average developed nation, and has historically had a higher rate of unemployment. But in 2001, the nation’s policymakers were able to boost entrepreneurship, according to a recent paper. Critics are quick to blame both on its generous welfare state.

Insurance 8

Insurance Entrepreneur Policies Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Repeated surveys can, over time, reveal changes in networks or in patterns of collaboration — making it possible to assess whether interventions such as reorganization or targeted efforts to improve collaboration (like offsite events, new software/communications tools, or incentive programs) actually have their desired impact.

Intangible Assets 15

Intangible Assets Analysis Pharmaceuticals Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

We had jobless recoveries coming out of the last recessions in 2001 and 1992, but this one put the budget squeeze on recruiting and has gone on for a very long time. There are many signs that the US economy is improving, but the most important one, the unemployment rate, remains stubbornly rooted in recession territory.

Cost 9

Cost Incentives Budgeting Report 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

But the move to SaaS comes with considerable challenges: Firms will need to change their structure , sales culture, and incentives , and convince existing as well as new customers of the new offering’s value.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

When Enron, one of the world’s largest energy companies, collapsed in 2001, it sent shock waves through the corporate world. Revelations of systematic fraud, deception, and corruption across the organization showed the devastating consequences of unethical behavior in organizations.

Goal 8

Goal Morale Ethics Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When you put all these pieces together around education and health care, it’s clear that Cuba is likely a champion of investment in the development of human capital—but for the last 50 years it has an extremely low economic return on this investment. It turns incentives about acquiring skills upside down. But, oddly, U.S.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Outsourcing leads to business model risk — you open the door to outsourcing your profits (in fact, a 2001 Boeing paper that is incredibly prescient and worth the time to read identified exactly this problem). The thing about these Government contracts is that they are paid as development proceeds. At least not yet.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing P&L Airlines Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

One way to tell the story of mothers2mothers' growth is as follows: since 2001, the organization has expanded its operations to nine countries with an approximately $20 million operating budget. The Drawbacks: A Complex Incentive Structure and the Quality Question. I'm not sure either frame is right.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Investors favorably receive projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs. In this blog, I will focus on the first two: Shareholders benefit most when CEOs and boards maximize value for society.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Most attempts to combat short-termism are flawed because they focus on changing CEO behavior through some combination of pleading and incentives. Instead of over-focusing on “development,” shift the portfolio back toward “research.” Relatedly it led to smaller, more incremental innovation.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Q: What are some of the institutional barriers to developing an outside-in orientation? A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

The Bush cuts also gradually raised the estate exemption and lowered the estate tax from 2001 until 2010, when the estate tax disappeared for that year only. Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011. What’s in the Tax Bill?

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

After three years and $500 million in development costs, it was a gorgeous hotel, the best designed and best located in the company's portfolio. Since 2001, when she'd arrived at the company, she'd turned around two hotels. We'd have to develop a clear plan and get everyone on board — Hans, Beatriz, everyone.".

Case Study 10

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. No executive development program was held at Enron. Running the business. Executives.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

I met Tony in 2001 when he was sent to me with severe muscle weakness. In 2001 Questcor bought the rights to Acthar Gel, which is used to treat infantile spasms, a rare form of childhood epilepsy. Pharmaceutical companies traditionally invest heavily in research and development.

Price 14

Price Pharmaceuticals Company Health Care 14