N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful? Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) to hit your objectives? Why should we make this investment?

Team Building 284

Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

As in 2008-2009 when excessive pay was seen as linked to excess risk-taking, the issue — and the broader role of business in society — is under heightened scrutiny and needs to be addressed by the business community. customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

Politics 14

Politics Execution Report Risk Management 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

billion in net economic benefit between 2009 and 2011 and is on course to cut region-wide power plant carbon pollution by half from 2005 to 2020. Government Risk management Sustainability' The program delivered $1.6 Given the sheer scale of our energy system, such change doesn’t happen overnight.

Power 9

Power Planning Proposal Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

The danger is that their management approaches cannot sense or respond to shocks. Organizational managers and leaders should be worrying about fragility in the face of such shocks. Operations Risk management Strategy' Tesco now has a new CEO , but these mechanisms are still in place — if he chooses to use them.

Organization 8

Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

The average number of days a spot stays open now is 23, compared to a vacancy of only 15 days in mid-2009. The economy''s tepid recovery has made employers hesitant to take the risks inherent in hiring a new employee. This trepidation is not only hard on the applicants, but can also take a toll on the business itself.

Business Intelligence 9

Business Intelligence Automotive Skills Training 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The board's duty is to ensure a balance between wealth creation, financial discipline and risk management; to make the fusion of high performance with high integrity the firm's foundation; and to choose and reward a CEO who has the vision, motivation and skills to effect that essential balance and critical fusion.

Corporate Accountability 8

Corporate Accountability CEO Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling. Tags: Managing uncertainty Risk management Social media.

Airlines 14

Airlines Discount Uncertainty Report 14

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

In 2009, for example, more than 550,000 businesses were opened, and more than 660,000 closed. An independent analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 49% of new businesses survive for five years or more. 34% of new businesses survive ten years or more, and 26% are still in business at least 15 years after being started.

Budgeting 79

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 79

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In 2009 Swidey wrote a two-part story in the Globe Magazine reconstructing the accident, but afterward he remained interested in the larger questions raised by the incident — specifically in how organizations manage risky projects, and how decisions can go tragically wrong. Kennedy Jr.’s

Crisis 8

Crisis Learning-by-Doing Stress Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

To dampen the amplified risk of withdrawals without the need for excessive collateral, the government makes explicit guarantees of liquidity in the case of retail deposits and implicit guarantees in the case of institutional deposits—implicit guarantees that were made explicit in the financial crisis.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Short-term Banking Crisis 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Initially, beginning in 2009, CORE began taking on financial accountability for all musculoskeletal physician-related medical expenses (paid claims) with one insurer, which pays CORE a per-member per-month (PMPM) fee that represents about 20% of the total physician medical expense for musculoskeletal care.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Health Care Cost Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. The loss was difficult to understand given the remarkable safety record of commercial aviation. How could a well-trained crew flying a modern airliner so abruptly lose control of their aircraft during a routine flight?

Technology 8

Technology Airlines System Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

To dampen the amplified risk of withdrawals without the need for excessive collateral, the government makes explicit guarantees of liquidity in the case of retail deposits and implicit guarantees in the case of institutional deposits—implicit guarantees that were made explicit in the financial crisis.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Short-term Banking Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling.

Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Underneath it all, many business leaders have an implicit but unfounded belief that, while it is necessary to reduce workplace injury risk, there is a trade-off between profits and the expenditures necessary to keep workplaces safe. One example of this sticks in my mind.

Operations 17

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2013

The HITECH Act enacted in 2009 extended provisions surrounding information handling and increased penalties for HIPAA violations. Why Your CEO Is a Security Risk. IT management Information & technology Risk management' And the penalties for data breaches are tough. Beware Trading Privacy for Convenience.

Risk Management 8

Risk Management Class Information Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

BP and other companies in the oil and gas industry (as well as any corporation with potentially catastrophic operations) need to understand these larger governance and risk management lessons in meaningful detail in order to address complicated risk across far-flung global firms more effectively.

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

This July, aviation officials released their final report on one of the most puzzling and grim episodes in French aviation history: the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Hedge System 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

In 2009, we wrote an HBR article on the "female economy ," pointing out that while women are the drivers of economic growth the world around, retailers have been painfully slow to meet their needs. For health care providers, how can you again manage appointments, service times and follow-up to complete delivery in one hour or less?

Retail 14

Retail Chief Financial Officer Real Estate Health Care 14