Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

For example, in the credit card business, understanding the importance of deals with issuing banks is critical. While marketing might focus on maximizing card transactions, or swipes, finance understands that not all swipes are equal (depending on the deal with a given bank). Inside Intel. It’s completely reframed the conversation.”

Finance 13

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 13

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. What more proof does one need?

Media 407

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 407

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

Books 14

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., offers an interesting case study in what happens when only about a third of all transactions are conducted using cash payments. Such government safety net programs kept some 25 million people out of poverty in 2010.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Drawing on her work with business leaders, she has developed the following categorization of how people prefer to think: Conceptual : Reads signs of coming change; sees the "big picture"; recognizes new possibilities; tolerates ambiguity; integrates ideas and concepts; communicates through analogy and metaphor; inspires with visions of the future.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Goel advises building in downtime to do business development and networking. Case Study #1: Get your ducks in a row first. Jennifer Hawkins had been a nonprofit executive for over a decade when she decided to go out on her own as a community development consultant.

Succession 8

Succession How To Consultative Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Are there peculiar features of African entrepreneurship we may consider relevant to big global debates on development and sustainability? One such bank has security companies, car lots, courier firms, trading concerns, educational businesses, a golf club, and other similar operations all welded together in an unwieldy yet profitable group.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16