Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty. Day says, "we have been able to use the best of our Nike DNA, but have the freedom to operate as an independent force for change in the development sector.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

To achieve impact, it's critical that social entrepreneurs attract, retain, and develop skilled talent. We've been able to bring in and keep the right people by focusing on our mission, paying competitively, getting occasional help from professional recruiters, and ruthlessly focusing on talent development. Leverage your mission.

Attrition 9

Attrition Entrepreneur Insurance Career 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

student at the Ecole Polytechnique, and a statistics professor at Columbia) developed a statistical technique for detecting bubbles that they tested on data from the dot-com heyday. There's been lots of debate over how central banks should react to bubbles. mortgage borrowers got into this situation from about 2004 through early 2007.

Company 13

Company Finance Price IPO 13

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Compare the loyalty of the BaB you just hired from another company versus someone who your company helped develop into a BaB. In 2004, the Harvard Business Review published an article titled, The Risky Business of Hiring Rock Stars. That’s a fear isn’t it, with hiring a BaB – the fear of their mobility. It’s worth reading.

Short-term 57

Short-term Long-term Wiseman System 57

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In banking, Wells Fargo and Fifth Third Bancorp also announced pay increases for minimum wage employees. After a year-long analysis of seven developed countries and six sectors , we have concluded that demand matters for productivity growth and that increasing demand is key to restarting growth across advanced economies.

Crisis 8

Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Founded in the 1930s, Lego developed a repeatable model that allowed it to grow for decades.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The obvious targets were people in the field of innovation — those working in strategy, R&D, business development, and entrepreneurship. Before I knew it I was presenting the ideas in my book to Steve Black, who at the time headed up investment banking at JP Morgan Chase. In response, I usually tell the following story.

Succession 16

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, time is money, and in light of the long selling cycles, creative financing is often the name of the game: banks will sometimes step up to finance part of a firm contract with a large customer. In fact, advanced payments may be just the kind of proof that banks or equity investors need to open their pocket books.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Palantir, a B2B company founded in 2004 and offering a suite of software applications for integrating, visualizing, and analysing data, has around 1,500 employees worldwide and is valued around $20 billion today. Unicorns are: Small in size. Until 2014, Uber had fewer than 500 employees; today their headcount is around 3,000 people.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8