Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The huge bureaucracy imposed by the public spheres and processes strangle strategic initiatives and makes it very expensive to ensure organizational compliance. There are many reasons to be optimistic about Brazil's post-election future. growth in the Gross Domestic Product in 2010.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Globalization Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. Prior to 2002, when Sam Palmisano became CEO, IBM had a series of feuding fiefdoms — 170 country units — each with its own policies, procedures, and processes. But not at IBM. Fostered global teamwork.

Globalization 15

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

Tom Falk, the CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 2002, talks about how the paper company is taking on environmental issues and has been practicing sustainability for 140 years. We require all of our suppliers to abide by the social compliance standards that we set.

CEO 8

CEO Company Reputation Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Demand and supply are not growing in tandem: from 2002 to 2012, inpatient days per capita decreased by 12% while the workforce in hospitals grew by 11%. Nearly 95% of this growth was in non-doctor workers, and the ratio of doctors to non-doctor workers shifted from 1:14 to 1:16.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Compliance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

Proponents of this view cite companies such as LinkedIn (founded in 2002 and recently acquired by Microsoft), which ostensibly operates in 200 countries, Airbnb (2008) in 190, and Uber (2009) in 68. Platforms are supposed to enable rapid, asset-light globalization.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

It's stunning today to read the NIEO demands—because they are almost exactly the same as what Supachai Panitchpakdi, head of UNCTAD and previously Director General of the WTO (2002-2005), is now calling for. But where's the evidence for convergence?

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The number of internet users in China stood at roughly 5 million in 1999 but grew to 40 million in 2002, by which time it was clear that Yahoo was not getting the traction that local Chinese internet companies were seeing. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Compliance departments in some organizations might worry that doing these things makes freelancers look too much like employees for legal and tax purposes, and managers certainly need to be careful not to overstep any employment laws or HR guidelines. Contractors are human, they have lives and they have external demands.

Management 8

Management Tips Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

Federal Communications Commission which declared unconstitutional the provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold) that had prohibited corporations and unions from paying directly for ads even if those ads were made independently of a candidate's campaign. 5,000 per election).

Company 12

Company Politics Policies Proposal 12