Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Recent research, like that led by Cambridge University neuroscientist John Coates , suggests that surges in male financial traders' testosterone produce states of euphoria that cause them to understate risk, thus contributing to the overleveraged global financial crash.

Bottom-up 13

Bottom-up Metrics Construction Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

With growing congestion a global megatrend, companies have a choice. For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Railway systems are near capacity. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. based corporations make up a disproportionately high share of the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s most important corporations (in terms of profits, assets, market capitalization, or sales). corporations are global leaders.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

Since 2004, the global tax, auditing, and advisory firm Grant Thornton has surveyed people around the globe — this year it interviewed more than 5,000 people from 36 countries — to track the progress women are (or are not) making into senior leadership roles in their companies. That hasn’t happened.

Execution 9

Execution Company Chief Executive Officer Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Although the Eurozone’s 19 finance ministers recently threw Greece a much-needed economic lifeline , and the latter repaid the first of four loan installments that it owes the IMF in March 2015, there’s no long-term relief in sight for the troubled economy. The battles may be over, but the war is just beginning. in 2012; 5.4%

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

in the United States and Western Europe in 2000 to 2004 to 0.5% We have found from our global surveys of businesses that almost half of companies that are increasing their investment budgets are doing so because of an increase in demand. In fact, about half of the slowdown in productivity growth — from an average of 2.4%

Crisis 8

Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2018

today, where complexity is piled upon complexity in a number of critical sectors, such as health care, energy, finance, and government. The increased role of finance in our economy. The combination of globalization forces and outsized CEO pay packages. Wholesale changes must be contemplated. This is particularly true in the U.S.A

Cost 172

Cost Health Care IPO Automotive 172

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). Given my sympathy for the "long-term, innovative approach" elucidated by Google in 2004, why am I so opposed to its plan to issue non-voting stock?

Planning 12

Planning IPO Proposal Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

After all, since the 1990s, the sustainability sector has grown rapidly, though at around $1 billion in annual revenues globally it is no giant. Fundamentally, we have a hard-wired cultural problem in business, finance and markets. So why recall it now? But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool.

TBL 10

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Except this time the aim is to diminish its application rather than to extend its global footprint. Google, which adopted a similar share structure at the time of its initial public offering in 2004, has gone further with its decision last spring to issue non-voting stock.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Class Proposal 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

of Horizon2020 research funding going to the 13 countries that joined the EU in 2004, despite these nations representing 17% of the EU population. What is not lacking in these countries is technical capabilities, with Coursera’s Global Skills Index highlighting the strong technical skills in many eastern European countries.

Entrepreneur 59

Entrepreneur Incubator Human Capital Education 59

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

The fraction of global manufacturing done in Asia (measured by value added) jumped from 29% in 2000 to 45% in 2015. In 2004, the cost of manufacturing on the east coast of China was approximately 15 percentage points cheaper, on average, than in the United States. In 2016, that gap was down to about 1 percentage point.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 9