Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The global banking industry faces two opposing truths. On one hand, regardless of current economic concerns, emerging markets are where long-term growth opportunities lie. On the other, the crisis in the euro zone has forced banks to rethink their investments in numerous markets, if not retreat from them altogether.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Offshoring Maturity 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The analyst community cannot measure its worth by how quickly reports are delivered, or how happy those insights make the people who ask for them. Clear explanation of results.

Magazine 50

Magazine Banking Marketing Analysis 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

Banking 9

Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The CIO’s response tends to be “reports” (61 percent of the population).

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

In recent years Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Cyprus have flirted with national insolvency, been termed 'insolvent' by the markets, and many have had to relinquish some of their sovereignty as a result. You are insolvent when you can't pay your debts. Households and firms have struggled with insolvency for centuries.

Company 16

Company Banking Restructuring Policies 16

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

AUGUST 11, 2014

Factors ranging from weak demand to bank consolidation have combined to hobble many small businesses  and if these factors arent addressed, they could continue to impede U.S. And as we describe in a recent HBS Working Paper , gaps remain in traditional bank credit supply. job growth and economic security. small businesses.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

On one hand, there are wars, terror, market crashes, bailouts, budget crises, cliffs, and sequesters. This is part of the reason that the stock market, which used to move a fraction of a percent each day, now shifts in record swings with increasing volume. The brain normalizes the abuse. The actual response: nothing.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Long-term Dunning Stress 8

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. Even myself, by 2013 I was still working for a Company.

Deming 28

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

August 2011 HBR. While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

Venture Funding 12

Venture Funding Banking Participative Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

The company, Australia’s largest wealth platform provider, is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group (Australia’s second largest bank in terms of market capitalization). During early 2011, Shuttleworth’s team interacted with customers of two of the key products to understand their needs. Related Video.

Commitment 13

Commitment Banking Proposal Video 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The unbanked pay four times more in fees to access their money than those with bank accounts, and they pay $4 higher fees per month for cash access on average than those with formal financial services. For the government, the annual value of under-reported taxes in the United States is $400 billion to $600 billion.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

2011 will be remembered as the year of the Arab Spring, when a generation found its voice on the streets of Tunis and Cairo. It saw 5% annual growth for nearly a decade before the global recession, and the International Monetary Fund reports that it's growing strongly again — about 5% in 2011.

Class 15

Class Globalization Survey Cooper 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

That''s been the finding of economists Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley, Donghyun Park of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, and Kwanjo Shin of Korea University in Seoul in two recent studies of growth slowdowns in emerging markets around the world. to 8% growth rate.". Not that stuff couldn''t go wrong along the way.

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Rather, it’s because there are no standards for how to measure and report on ESG issues, unlike a company’s financials. ” All the flim flam and hocus pocus will shake out eventually once a company’s ESG reporting becomes standardized. HBR: ESG investing of all flavors seems to be gathering momentum.

Asset Management 8

Asset Management Report Information Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It's easy to assume that Jamie Dimon, the accomplished CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was simply stonewalling when he claimed that mounting trading losses in his bank were "blown out of proportion" — that he was unaware of how grave the situation really was. But I believe that Dimon literally didn't see perceive disaster unfolding before him.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

In recent years Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Cyprus have flirted with national insolvency, been termed 'insolvent' by the markets, and many have had to relinquish some of their sovereignty as a result. You are insolvent when you can't pay your debts. Households and firms have struggled with insolvency for centuries.

Company 9

Company Banking Restructuring Policies 9

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today. Turn-and-burn, yank-and-bank; show me how to start the engine and get out of my way. The new paradigm: Time is your enemy. But then we sobered up.

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

So, a decade ago, marketing professor Florian von Wangenheim ( now at the ETH Zurich technical university in Switzerland) and his then-student Markus Wübben ( now an executive at a tech incubator in Berlin) set out, in Wangenheim’s words, to “convince companies to use these models.”. What they found surprised them. Ergo: heuristics win.

Simon 10

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Netflix reported another great quarter last month, with big subscriber and stock growth. I''ve written three HBR posts on Netflix since its difficult 2011. Commerce Bank (now TD Bank) found free coin changing machines drove new accounts. Consumers felt it meant the bank wouldn''t nickel and dime them. Marketing'

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Sample PR 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Munich Re reports that natural disasters in 2011 caused insurance companies to substantially spend down cash reserves, with payouts exceeding premiums in the US by 16%. Yet for many companies, the only form of climate risk acknowledged in the annual report is regulatory risk. What risks does it pose for this company?"

Insurance 9

Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

Businesses like Facebook are filling an internet access gap in emerging markets that others, including the public sector, may simply never be able to address. of its population has internet access (at home or over a wireless device); other estimates, such as that from the World Bank , suggest that the number may be even lower, 15.1%

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Marketing Wireless McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

So what exactly is one to make of a new movement like “impact investing,” about which the World Economic Forum issued an intriguing report on Thursday? One of the definitions of impact investing, according to the report, is that you have to intend to have a positive environmental or social impact when making the investment.

Finance 8

Finance Discount Report Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

You cannot presume that packaging is simply a matter of clever design that helps your products fly off the shelves of a super market. Folks at Danone learned it from Grameen Bank Founder Mohammad Yunus, who asked them to consider putting Danone’s special formula nutrient in an edible cover, not a disposable package.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Engineering Chief Technology Officer Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Instead, the regulatory filing simply listed, in summary fashion, “factors” supporting the raise, without any analysis elsewhere: JPM’s long-term performance; gains in market share and customer satisfaction; resolution of regulatory issues; improved control structures and processes; and leadership improvements.

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. In 2012, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express Open, there are more than 8.3 of the U.S.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Sure, some businesses excel on those photo-based networks (Benjamin Moore's Director of Digital Marketing told me Pinterest worked so well for them, "it's almost like it was made for Benjamin Moore.") But that doesn't mean they're the most useful social media tools for all companies. It's harder to get noticed as the noise level increases.

Blog 10

Blog Content Media Quality 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Deutsche Bank , for example, forced CEO Oscar Wassermann and executive board member Theodor Frank to resign their positions by June 1, 1933. We controlled for a number of factors that may have affected firm stock prices, including connections to the Nazi party; the financial reporting period; and the firm size, age, and industry.

Price 10

Price Policies Sample CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

So, a decade ago, marketing professor Florian von Wangenheim ( now at the ETH Zurich technical university in Switzerland) and his then-student Markus Wübben ( now an executive at a tech incubator in Berlin) set out, in Wangenheim’s words, to “convince companies to use these models.” What they found surprised them.

Simon 8

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

Chili’s, after installing self-service tablets, reported a similar increase in dessert orders. In addition to all of this, there is some research from 2011 showing that a seven second reduction in service times in fast food restaurants can increase the company’s market share by 1% to 3%. ” So why the uptick?

Banking 8

Banking Technology Norton Ryan 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

First, I examined the social media networks of a sample of social entrepreneurs who applied to participate in the 2010 or 2011 summer accelerator programs run by the Unreasonable Institute. The majority of these entrepreneurs reported having some prior entrepreneurial experience when they filled out their applications.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Sample Follow-up Metrics 8

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. percent and 6.5

Wireless 12

Wireless Price Marketing Survey 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

First it extended relocation support to spouses, offering such services as guidance in navigating, and entrée into networks in, the local job market. Nestlé reports that the spouses they work with tend to speak at least three languages and have an MBA or equivalent.

Goal 8

Goal Workshop Mission Statement Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Senate Banking Committee to save his competitors. It reached a peak on June 12 and then proceeded to lose over 40% of its value by the end of August despite efforts by the Chinese government to prop up the market. This is exactly what happened during 2010 and 2011 as the global economy was bouncing back.) automobile industry.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8