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Lessons from the Best Global Brands 2010: Building trust and.

Strategy Driven

Figure 1: The Interbrand Best 100 Global Brands 2010 A look at two brands’ performances from this year’s table offers insight into how brands can navigate today’s marketplace. subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. and Latin America.

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Rethinking the Bank Branch in a Digital World

Harvard Business Review

More US bank branches closed in 2013 than ever before. More than 85% of retail banking transactions are now digital. The bank branch is “going south,” mobile-banking entrepreneur Brett King said to CNBC. So are we witnessing the death throes of brick-and-mortar retail banking? In our view, no.

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2010: When Leadership Hit the Rapids

Harvard Business Review

For me, 2010 was the year when I let go of theories and focused on realities, most notably the real challenges of leading in the 21st century. One of the most memorable moments was listening to an executive of a British bank rescued by the government, who told his audience that the economic crisis had been a breakthrough moment in his career.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

As I think about companies that compete on consistent, low cost, reliable operations, most have or had leaders who were process innovators, such as Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines, Sam Walton at Wal-Mart, Ray Kroc at McDonalds, Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com, and Fred Smith at FedEx.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% They’re starting totally virtual companies, using the cloud for solutions and developing innovative ways to manage staff, time, family and work. corporate boards. of the U.S.

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How Domino’s Pizza Reinvented Itself

Harvard Business Review

You don’t have to be a programmer in Silicon Valley or a gene splicer in biotech to unleash exciting innovations and create huge value. Instead, you can rethink what it means to be in the retail-banking business, or the industrial-distribution business, or the office-cleaning business.

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