Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

Globalization 12

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses. million in 2014 to a high of $12.6

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

inch disk drives; LCD vs. CRT television; online vs. brick-and-mortar banks). By 2005, Kodak ranked No. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., inch vs. 3.5-inch 3 globally).

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Hence lots of the analytical, linear thinking at GM drove him to distraction; Product Planning analysts in particular: "a department composed of recycled finance types" as he calls them in the book. Lack of growth had lowered profitability and made legacy costs like retiree health benefits and the infamous Jobs Bank devastatingly high.

Company 13

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. That tells you a great deal about forecasting. This is the reason why everybody missed September the 15th, 2008. And I say a bubble.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. based corporations – prominent examples being Skype, founded in Estonia, acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8