Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If the Affordable Care Act unravels in the near term, the number of insured could creep back up to 50 million, the level in 2009. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. Yet nearly 30 million Americans, or 10% of the population, are uninsured.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked.

Operations 17

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. So how do you keep them? For example, Vail Resorts, a $1.9

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images. It is not yet clear which direction the new government will take.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India Business Council found that its large company members were prepared to invest $40 billion into India by 2017. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington last September, the U.S.-India

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India launched Aadhaar in 2009 with the then-improbable goal of giving every Indian a single digital identity in the form of a biometric authenticated 12-digit number. The result?

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15