Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In my last post , I argued that companies can't keep their costs in line by attacking them directly. The typical approaches of budget cuts and layoffs usually don't result in sustained changes to their cost structure — the costs creep back. This isn't the way many organizations try to contain costs.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. Test business development, starting with advice from your banker, accountant, and lawyer. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. We can leverage each other’s expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Or can social entrepreneurs use the same techniques that for profit startup entrepreneurs use, and still make a big impact on a smaller budget? We didn't want to burden the organization with fixed costs. Software development" and "hardware" are bad words. But does helping people really need to be so expensive?

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Women on Business

AUGUST 16, 2012

In 2010 Forbes listed Groupon as one of the world’s fastest growing corporations. Groupons impressive growth came at a time where retailers were desperate for increased sales and their membership based deal platform was a fantastic way to market and bring in new customers with little or no cost.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

From my experience heading Scotland’s National Health Service from 2010 until last August (and before as its director of health care policy and strategy), I know that such constraints can unleash innovations that will lead to better care — and better health — for communities. Working under a fixed-cost ceiling was, of course, difficult.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. Much like the U.S.,

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Budgets were cut and the Learning part of the organization dried up while the focus snapped back in line with the notion that wisdom and decisions could only come from the few and learning for the many was a luxury no one could afford. Bret Reply Gwyn Teatro November 22, 2010 at 5:17 am Hi Bret, Yes, I agree.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, in an effort to help the city reduce its considerable cost of defending against and paying out legal claims made against the city, has turned to predictive analytics to help.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, in an effort to help the city reduce its considerable cost of defending against and paying out legal claims made against the city, has turned to predictive analytics to help.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, and stroke are on the rise in both the developed and the developing world, and they have a few things in common. First, they are responsible for contributing a large chunk of patients into the health care system, especially in developed countries like the US.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leaders Can Be Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely by Starbucker on February 14, 2010 My first executive leadership opportunity came very early for me – at age 27. Did we hit that budget? Not good enough.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They're concerned with growing budget deficits, uncertain tax policy, rising energy costs, and crumbling infrastructure. First, develop a strategy for energy security — then stick to it. The cost of congestion in the United States in 2010 was about $101 billion — up from $79 billion in 2000.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients. These cost employers even more in hidden ways.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. Who are your strongest leaders and how are you developing them to handle more responsibility? Are all your resources properly aligned and connected?

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 11, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 3 Elements of Solid Decision Making That Cannot Be Ignored by Starbucker on April 11, 2010 Leaders make decisions every day, and the process in which those decisions are made has always intrigued and fascinated me.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

As recounted in Kahneman's recent book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , one study found that the typical homeowner expected their home improvement projects to cost about $19,000. The average actual cost? Do we need to increase focus on acquisition as a growth strategy, at least as a way to "buy time" for organic efforts to develop?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

This is hardly a benign phenomenon; the shadow economy is a vital concern for broader issues of economic development , as it raises questions related to a state’s capacity to govern and manage its economy. The reduction of tariffs and other barriers to commerce should remove economic incentives for illicit economic activity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

region, as it navigates a dramatic shift from competing by offering integrated, comprehensive medical services to offering lower cost preventive care. MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

And their intuition isn't baseless: As the bottom-of-the-pyramid concept shifted into the public eye and attracted the criticism of the development sector, the standards for judging the impact of a venture aiming to serve low-income consumers seemed to get a lot tougher. The term "selling to the poor" has become almost a pejorative.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

LearnVest clients have access to a dedicated certified financial planner who can help them better manage their finances and achieve their financial goals, including budget planning, loan optimization, and investment allocation advice. Of course, it takes more than market research and distribution to be an insurer. Insurethebox, a U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

pace in the first quarter of 2010. However, if you don't know what success looks like, the emergent strategy development process is required to eventually succeed. Policymakers must sell their ideas either within the government or to the electorate and then develop a plan for their implementation. That was down from 9.7%

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

Whether or not this system is in danger of collapsing it feels like it''s losing its way, and failing in its mission of developing the citizens and workers we need in the 21st century. America is last in graduation rate among 18 countries assessed in 2010 by the OECD. Have graduates learned a lot? In too many cases, apparently not.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When Billy Beane took charge of the Oakland A's he was tasked with building a winning team, but to do that he had to compete in the talent market against teams that could afford to pay players triple what his budget allowed. Think of it as Billy Beane's strategy applied to developing a winning business team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Another oil exporter, Angola, introduced austerity measures and revamped its budget as oil price continues to collapse. Industrial developments will require supporting infrastructure. Providing power, roads, post offices, airports, and seaports will cut the cost of doing business.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

After 2010, climate all but disappeared from the national conversation. And as Sandy's $50 billion estimated price tag demonstrates, the cost of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of taking action. companies are technology leaders in developing acceptable substitutes. Hurricane Sandy put it back on the map.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

(Data here reflect responses received in July-August 2010). In fact, OSS makes up nearly one-third of responding organizations' overall enterprise software portfolio, which is, interestingly enough, about the same as the proportion of internally developed software. percent of porfolios).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

When organizations talk to my colleagues and me at the Skoll Foundation about growth in staff size, budget size, or client / beneficiary numbers, we often ask "So what?" In fact, where Mentor Mothers are present, transmission rates are on average 9%, compared to the UNAIDS 2010 estimate of 27%. Conclusion? This innovation has impact.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

LearnVest clients have access to a dedicated certified financial planner who can help them better manage their finances and achieve their financial goals, including budget planning, loan optimization, and investment allocation advice. Of course, it takes more than market research and distribution to be an insurer. Insurethebox, a U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Health care systems are transforming themselves to deliver the “Triple Aim” of providing better care and a better patient experience, improving the health of populations, and lowering the cost of care. Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians. Authority and Structure.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

When we drew up our plans and budgets, the key metric was consumer impressions: how many people would see, hear or read our ad? Develop content that is "Liquid and Linked." An example of "Liquid and Linked" was our FIFA 2010 World Cup program, which was the largest-ever Coca-Cola activation in history.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > As of 2010, Shuttleworth had recognized that BTFG needed to transform its wealth management business. That meant sharing key insights from the work (like customer personas ) as part of the budget approval process. Popularized by David M.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. The traditional, even predominant, way to form a team follows a well-rehearsed and perfectly logical flow: Develop a strategy. Allocate budget for a team.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

So here are some suggestions, most of which by the way, happen to be essentially cost-free: Removing barriers to growth should be your number one priority. Real entrepreneurs don''t mind paying taxes, so develop a clear, right-sized and strictly enforced tax system. Taxes per se do not hinder entrepreneurship.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. He asked how significant the education costs would be to sign up additional farmers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

This is where a knowledge worker farms out specific tasks to a low-cost provider, so she can focus on more value-added work. For example, a few years ago the top executive team at UBS Wealth Management realized that the biggest constraint on their future growth was their cumbersome and conservative budgeting process.

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