Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive. For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. Britain is well ahead of schedule. Contingency budgets are $1.4

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In the aftermath of the US financial crisis in 2008, companies from North America and Europe rushed into China, seeking to grow both sales and profits. China is changing more rapidly than ever, but has your China strategy adapted yet?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In fact, since we began our outreach and monitoring, we have seen a fourfold increase in employer-to-employee political communications, from 5% of the private workforce hearing from their employer about politics in 2000 to over 20% in 2008. In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc.,

Politics 8

Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

Since the financial crisis of 2008, a major question has been how banks can restore the trust of their clients. For example, JP Morgan has hired an additional 13,000 people in the area of compliance since 2012. To address this concern, banks have been hiring an increasing number of compliance officers.

Banking 8

Banking Compliance Officer Compliance Crisis 8

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 26, 2012

(First published in Forbes.com, April 20, 2012) Two years have now passed since the explosion at BP ’s deep-water rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The available avenues are advertising, the press, and social media. The ”Health safety environment” theme contains zero releases since 2008.

Press Release 131

Press Release Reputation Tourism Advertising 131

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

You’ve managed the same team for the past five years — then one day you find out that your most successful employee uses cognitive-enhancing drugs on the job. Meanwhile, the world of management remains stunningly silent. This scenario may not be hypothetical for long.

Ethics 15

Ethics Stress Policies Morale 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But the pervasive influence of social media on the work world demands change in the way employers motivate and communicate with talent. One measure of the program's success: In the 2012 employee survey, 58% of Lincoln employees said they were "highly engaged" — a score well above the financial services benchmark of 35%.

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Benchmarking Marketing Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

While articles in the media have focused on the impossibility of getting by on such low wages, little attention has been paid to the company’s enormous appetite for stock buybacks. million in 2012, with the proportion of these totals derived from gains from stock-based compensation ranging from 37% in 2006 to 77% in 2010.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

Everyone and everything is connected or soon will be by social media, on mobile platforms, and in the cloud. But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. Achieving those effects is no accident. The Invisible Children, Inc.

Team 12

Team Self-aware Media Download 12

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

My conversations with local managers were frustrating. There were complaints and resistance within the company, which had retained a culture of strict hierarchy and rigid, top-down management style. Many employees were not prepared to change, and almost all the managers at the Rustenburg mine were replaced.

Operations 8

Operations Industry CEO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

by 80% between 2005 and 2012. Researchers at a social media company recently tracked the habits of their most productive employees. After 10 years in the corporate world, she was laid off from a six-figure sales job in 2008, but “I had a baby at home, so I just sort of shifted my focus,” Heather says. How often is best?

Case Study 13

Case Study Motivation Productivity Products 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Paul and Michael started GiveDirectly in 2008 while pursuing advanced degrees in economics at Harvard. In December 2012, we provided GiveDirectly with $2.4 Creating Social Change With Social Media. We were looking for scalable, disruptive ideas but weren't convinced this particular leap would be successful.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Technology Globalization Long-term 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce. Of course, there are those who argue that thanks to social media and mobile technology, the Millennial generation is more at ease with transparency and open sharing than their previous generations. Available online at: [link] (2) Costanza D.P.,

P&L 243

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The carnage of that decision was strewn across the media. Drew merged Checkdate Solutions with payroll industry leader Paycor, stepping away from the company in 2008 and serving on its board for eight years. Dan Cooper co-founded ej4, a video-based online training company, in 2003, and was its CEO until selling in 2012.

Cooper 50

Cooper Groupthink Leadership Styles Servant Leader 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

In more and more companies today, leaders manage their communication efforts in a way that calls to mind ordinary, person-to-person conversation. Yet the Obama campaign signaled the emergence of a novel framework for managing electoral communication at a national level.

Operations 15

Operations Media Long-term Open-book 15

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

But Nincompoopery is something different: it’s the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy, and keeps everyone—customers, employees, managers and business owners—from getting what they want. And that’s only scratching the surface of everything we’re trying to manage in this brave new world.

How To 76

How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Twitter’s managers have tried to fix the problem by changing the look of Twitter profiles. Finally there is India, where in 2012 there were 150 million Internet users. The CNN show Rick Sanchez Direct was the first to air live tweets on TV in early 2008. Twitter’s numbers show it has a big problem. Internet Strategy'

Advertising 8

Advertising Strategy Marketing Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The 2012 election cycle is remarkable for how much information the campaigns have about voters. A former campaign manager, Strasma started his company in 2003 to find a better way to predict who the true persuadables are in a campaign, and to find smart ways to target messaging towards them. Definitely the scale.

Survey 8

Survey Politics Information Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

Brendan Eich had been CEO of Mozilla only two weeks when he resigned under pressure last Thursday because he’d financially supported California’s Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, in 2008. Politics Social media Talent management' In a sense, it was like a recall election. But what brought us to this point?

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Politics Proposal CEO Media 8