Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

In 2008, GE corporate decided to invest $1 billion in the $5.6 They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room. and compete successfully.

Ries 12

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Tobacco production, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, slumped dramatically between 2000 and 2008.) South African restaurant chain Ocean Basket also opened in Harare in 2015 to serve the wealthy urban elite. Amid worsening food and foreign exchange shortages, Mugabe ramped up populist policies to please his supporters.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

In one study, we analyzed the 2008 consumption patterns of 33,720 households across the U.S. Asking poor people to think about their finances impairs their cognitive performance, while the rich show no change. For instance, employers shouldered more than $27 billion in 2015 for opiate misuse alone.

Cost 8

Cost Document Finance Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

A central plank of the plan is to “return $8 [billion] to $9 billion to shareholders in 2015 and to reach the top end of its three-year target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion to them by the end of 2016.” billion in buybacks in 2015 under its current board-authorized repurchase program. .” The winners.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Until the summer of 2008, container ports on both the west and east coasts of North America were nearing capacity as imports and exports soared. 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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

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.

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive. We calculate that U.S. What We Actually Measured — and the Limits of Our Knowledge. for all other companies.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Higher-fee, actively managed funds lost $500 billion in assets since 2015, with much of it flowing to much lower cost passive funds (e.g. ’ Remember that many younger investors grew up in the 2008 recession and perhaps never trusted the stock market. index funds). on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism. Already, the World Trade Organization reports a rise in protectionist measures by the G20 countries, with 1,583 added since 2008 and only 387 removed. in 2015, while foreign direct investment from the United States fell from 2.9%

Politics 9

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. In 2008 Bill Gates testified before Congress to advocate for more H-1B visas to help compensate for “a deficit of Americans with computer science degrees.”

Outsourcing 11

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Fifteen European countries have been losing momentum since 2008 in terms of their state of digital evolution – this is what we mean by a digital recession – with the Netherlands coming in dead last in our momentum rankings. European countries occupy the nine bottom spots in our list of 50. How has Europe dealt with the situation?

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. Consider what Aetna faced in 2012.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8