Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

To entice employees and relevant stakeholders to own sustainability, sell it as an opportunity to contribute to the future wellbeing of both the company and society Sometimes you have to appeal to the head (monetary incentives, cost savings, career advancement), other times to the heart (look at the difference we make), and very often, both.

Incubator 10

Incubator How To Real Estate Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

There was a spike in the 2000s when Venezuela began to provide petroleum at deeply discounted market prices, and that peaked just before the 2008-09 financial crisis. After 2009, the Cuban economy really didn’t recover. They don’t know how to market them effectively. That’s what Cuba doesn’t have.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

We aren't the first to see that the world has changed and free market competition no longer produces benefits as if by an invisible hand. Before 1850 there was the market economy, in which many players, engaged in something plausibly resembling perfect competition , collectively met demand without any grand plan to do so.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Porter Politics Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Investors grapple daily in an effort to figure out how to value companies whose accounting assets — things like land, capital, products, and licenses — don't adequately express their true market value. There is no line on the balance sheet for "ability to innovate" or "skill at managing brand."

Intangible Assets 15

Intangible Assets Analysis Pharmaceuticals Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

People don't stay or leave a company because of their skills. We define it as meeting and exceeding the skill requirements of the job. When considering a candidate who is, in fact, overqualified for the job opening, ask yourself if there is room to expand the role and make use of the skills he brings. Pay what they are worth.

Finance 17

Finance Learning Curve Skills Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

You need to choose who to hire for the sales team, and how to continually develop sales team skills and knowledge. And you need to determine the goals, incentives, and sales culture that will motivate peak sales force effort levels and performance. Less than 1% of undergraduate institutions in the U.S.

Short-term 8

Short-term Telecommunications Advertising Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

Initial apprehensions were expressed at least as early as 2009 in places like The Economist and The Chronicle of Higher Education. As Glenn Reynolds , a faculty member at the University of Tennessee law school, points out, higher education shares some salient features with the pre-collapse housing market.

Education 15

Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

At first, we worked with RIC as a consultant but then became its partner in 2009. Our partnering skills were maturing, so we became more precise in our evaluation process and expectations. Indeed, market share in each service line has grown substantially. Buoyed by our success with RIC, we turned to oncology services.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In late 2009, CEO Lori Bush was searching for a way to raise the productivity of the company’s sales force. And while they love the company’s products, five years ago there was a wide disparity in sales skills. Or they could analyze the behaviors of the most successful consultants and train others on their methods.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There was no trained manpower available in Hyderabad, unlike traditional hubs of diamond polishing like Surat, Gujarat in western India, where diamond polishing skills are passed down generation to generation. It pioneered the concept of branded diamonds in India, and has multiple brands for different markets and price segments.

Company 8

Company Crisis Attrition Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After two decades of failed efforts to spur innovation and competition in Europe’s lagging communications sector, the European Commission has promised “an ambitious overhaul” next year as part of its far-reaching Digital Single Market initiative. At least for voice services, the U.S. As a result, the U.S. of all U.S.

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Price How To Policies Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

For many years, private-sector providers and other business interests have responded to a combination of patients’ actual needs and market opportunities while trying to optimize earnings. When the type and amount of health services largely depend on independent providers’ discretion, care becomes more fragmented and costly.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Because if the repair shop had bothered to train and trust the mechanic on more than just technical skills—e.g., No wonder we have skills shortages! Bringing a new prescription drug to market, for example, now costs nearly $2.6 But it’s never the nincompoop, it’s always the Nincompoopery.

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