Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

including CNOOC's attempt to purchase Unocal in 2005 and Huawei's attempt to buy 3Leaf Systems in 2011. As noted, several high profile deals involving Chinese firms, such as CNOOC's 2005 attempt to purchase Unocal in the U.S., Unfortunately they have been struggling to actually close their deals. billion and $3.0

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Strategic Planning Politics Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

That''s a popular theme at the moment, with any number of culprits cited — an overleveraged financial system , pollution , too little consumer spending , corruption , anti-corruption campaigns , and of course bad driving. But it is important to remember that for an emerging market, slowing down can mean you''ve arrived.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

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. Rich countries could simply reject the agenda, or they could co-opt a few key developing countries into the existing system.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. Still others hope to create market barriers for global companies — a form of digital protectionism. Philippe Intraligi/Getty Images.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2005, Dimon hired Ina Drew to head the company's Chief Investment Office, the unit responsible for the bank's risk exposure. As the second week of May began, Dimon realized, "The last thing I told the market — that it was a tempest in a teapot — was dead wrong," the Journal reports. And few people foresaw that the U.S.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF). A focus on the huge need for additional investment and potential difficulties in financing it dominate the debate. an estimated $100 billion per year. Pessimism rules, but it needn''t be that way.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Climate change, natural resource shortages, the growing gap between haves and have nots, and the fragility of financial systems are but a few of the critical problems it has spawned, and these are conspiring to become a perfect storm. What Can CEOs Do?

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

The stock market had more than doubled in the previous five years , and the unemployment rate was at a 30-year low. For instance, people who entered adulthood during economic depressions tend to be attuned to economic and national security throughout their adult lives , and particularly cautious with their personal and professional finances.

Ethics 8

Ethics CEO Career Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

However, questions of accountability remain unanswered, when it comes to determining what actually happened in the past, what systems failed, and who was responsible for possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars bribery of foreign officials. This step aims to bring appropriate expertise (e.g.

Compliance 8

Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For instance, before the crisis, the three largest German banks had two-thirds of their total assets in foreign markets; today it is only one-third. And it is not alone.

Banking 8

Banking McKinsey Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. Most of our top tech CEOs created value by rolling out earlier breakthrough innovations in a newly high-growth market.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

Department of Agriculture reported that food prices rose 31% from 2005 to 2014. Often the markets they supply shrink in size. If online retailers gained an additional 10% in market share, that would eliminate another 1 million jobs. Property managers forecasted an 8% increase in rents in 2016. There are 3.5

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 19, 2016

He bootstrapped his first business, United Systems Integrators (USI) Corporation, a corporate real estate outsourcing firm, and grew it into an Inc. In 2005, he sold USI to Johnson Controls, a Fortune 100 company, and at that point, became CEO of JCI’s Global Workplace Business for the Americas. 500 company.

Real Estate 50

Real Estate Magazine Outsourcing Entrepreneur 50

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. ” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. million jobs.

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