Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

On July 1, 2011, the Australian Government amended the Corporations Act introducing the “two-strikes” rule. The company is Australia’s eighth largest by market capitalization and an opinion leader in business circles. In its May 2017 Budget, the government proposed a bank tax, like that in the U.K.,

Execution 8

Execution Banking CEO Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

London-based HSBC, arguably the world's most global bank, recently described speculation that it was planning to shift its headquarters from London to Hong Kong as "presumptuous." After all, HSBC is not proposing to close its British operations. Its full name is, after all, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Banking 11

Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

Catch shares are a market-based management tool used in commercial fishing that, coupled with catch limits, have been successful in rebuilding fish populations while improving the efficiency and business of fishing. Together, we set out to propose a catch share management system for snapper. But all is not well there.

Industry 9

Industry Incentives Proposal Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

AT&T's recently announced acquisition of T-Mobile will invite hellfire from telecom regulators who fantasize over a different market structure, in which 17 mom-and-pop carriers serve the masses with tender love and care. Wireless telephone prices are falling, a sign of competitive markets. The answer is likely no.

Wireless 12

Wireless Price Marketing Survey 12

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. Marketers might contend that the latest advertising campaign is equivalent to re-engineering the client company (though the two concepts are light years apart).

Consultative 60

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The most common reasons provided for why the business was not profitable were: starting a business venture which is not well prepared, bad management of the venture, or extremely strong influences of market distortions. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. In any case, this is an indicator of wasted resources, and wasted dreams.

Deming 28

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing in his State of the Union address, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25%. Thus, the decline of manufacturing is not completely a result of "natural" market forces. To make up the difference, we just borrow.

Health Care 9

Health Care Biotechnology Industry Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Potholes are indeed a pain, although unless Powell is proposing to turn every last cul-de-sac in America into a toll road, I’m not clear what his private solution would be. The most obvious explanation for this is that broadband providers are serving a new and burgeoning market. Since Powell’s reign at the FCC, the U.S.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Industry GDP Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

This huge run-up — the latest spike began with EU''s botched rescue of Cyprus''s banks — has led to much talk of a bitcoin bubble. Bitcoin creation is thus a bit like Milton Friedman''s " k-percent rule ," which proposed that the money supply be made to grow automatically at a steady rate that averts both inflation and deflation.

Price 9

Price Constraint Real Estate GDP 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Export-Import Bank will hit its $100 billion credit exposure limit by May 1 and will stop issuing direct loans, loan guarantees and export-credit insurance in aid of American exports to risky markets. Then, on May 31, the legislation authorizing the Bank will expire, threatening the Bank's very existence.

Banking 10

Banking Globalization Finance Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While it’s tempting to group China and India together as a block of emerging digital markets, they offer several important distinctions, especially for international entities and countries looking to invest. It is also the world’s largest market for e-commerce.

Airlines 10

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Such a settlement must be carefully crafted if it is to avoid making the housing markets worse. The CFPB's estimate would serve as the empirical basis for a penalty to be paid by Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial to settle allegations of wrongful foreclosures.

Banking 13

Banking Proposal Cost-Benefit Analysis Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The world’s five largest companies (by market capitalization) are all American and compete in the digital sphere: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. As most of us know by now, we have an increasingly internet-powered economy. The Digital Economy as a Leverage Point for Public Education.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9