Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

corporations between 2000 and 2011. We used a machine learning method called gradient boosting , and then evaluated the results using a separate test dataset of directors who joined firms between 2012 to 2014 who the algorithm did not observe during this “training period.”

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

For example, in 2014 IDC estimated that more than one-quarter of enterprise applications would be offered with the SaaS model by 2018, up from one-sixth in 2013. For example, Adobe’s finance team estimated that the cost of running both models side by side would cost them twice as much as simply offering one of the models.

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Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

According to the annual 2014 Youth Entrepreneurship Study conducted by YEC and Buzz Marketing Group, 81 percent of non-self-employed individuals believe they will be a business owner or self-employed at some point because of the new economy. And who creates more value than entrepreneurs? At the same time, entrepreneurship in the U.S.

Education 9

Education Long-term Learning-by-Doing Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. Simplicity: As activist investors go, the Carl Icahn of 2014 really isn’t all that active. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck'

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. According to the Consumer Electronics Association , drone shipments will increase from 250,000 units in 2014 to nearly a million by 2018.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Kate had had a taste of entrepreneurial life — she was on the management team of ArtusLabs, the North Carolina-based software company that was bought by PerkinElmer in 2011 — and knew how “exciting it was to work at a start-up.” “I knew I wanted to be free to make these big decisions.”

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S. Non-profits usually hold about 10-20% of the total cryptocurrency they issue; as Ethereum did in their ICO in 2014, with 20% going to the development fund and the remaining going to the Ethereum Foundation.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Although the Eurozone’s 19 finance ministers recently threw Greece a much-needed economic lifeline , and the latter repaid the first of four loan installments that it owes the IMF in March 2015, there’s no long-term relief in sight for the troubled economy. The battles may be over, but the war is just beginning. in 2012; 5.4%

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

By contrast, nearly every program at Parkland “loses” money (if you think in typical hospital-finance terms). By 2014, more than 1,100 Parkland patients had been safely treated this way. In 2011, Parkland added an urgent care center on its main campus to divert less-severe cases from the crowded emergency room.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Until 2014, Uber had fewer than 500 employees; today their headcount is around 3,000 people. Financed by VC firms. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2013

The largest businesses are able to secure financing with relative ease and on strong terms, including historically low interest rates. In 2011, Vice President Biden and former U.S. Finance Hiring Small/medium business' Today, access to capital for small businesses is a significant problem.

Banking 8

Banking How To Finance Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. of Apple’s buybacks reported thus far for fiscal 2014. You clearly have a different point of view on distributions to shareholders. That’s just 2.1%

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In December 2011, Expedia felt it wasn't getting full economic credit for TripAdvisor buried within its financials and so spun TripAdvisor out as an independent company, where it now trades on the NASDAQ with a $4.8 At its current 20-25% revenue growth rate, TripAdvisor will reach the billion dollar revenue club in 2014.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

But total net inflows of money into all mutual funds and exchange traded funds is at its lowest levels since 2014. ESPN was conducting business as usual until it peaked at 100 million subscribers in 2011; it’s declined to 87 million subscribers today, largely due to cord cutters who never had cable. index funds).

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

VC investment in cleantech “has declined sharply since 2011” according to a new analysis by the Brookings Institution. cleantech innovation declined from 2014 to 2016, as measured by patents. In 2011, cleantech represented nearly 17% of total U.S. First, another recent Brookings analysis found that U.S.

Stage-Gate 9

Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

federal elections between 1999 and 2014. (By Murray, the CEO of Murray Energy, hosted two fundraising events for Republican presidential candidates: one for Rick Perry on September 29, 2011 and one for Mitt Romney on May 3, 2012. Let’s look at one example: In 2012 Robert E.

Politics 8

Politics CEO Sample Influence 8