Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. 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. ” Improving risk management. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Moreover, not fixing the problem is quite likely to cost considerably more than addressing it. 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%.

Insurance 9

Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 9

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 What Could Have Reduced These High Costs: Effective policies and procedures.

Budgeting 85

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 85

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But, according to analysts, without legal costs attributable to 2013 and with other adjustments, the net would have been equal to or better than the prior year. of the $20 million in total comp is in restricted stock units that vest in equal increments, in two and three years even if the stock is flat).

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful? to hit your objectives? Why should we make this investment?

Team Building 284

Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2013

This rush to upgrade, however, creates a challenge: large numbers of excess electronics must be managed and disposed of properly. Following the loss of a backup data tape in 2011, US healthcare benefits provider TRICARE was hit with eight separate privacy lawsuits, including one seeking an astounding $4.9 billion in damages.

Risk Management 8

Risk Management Class Information Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Regardless of the cause, the cost to society of extreme weather has been rising for decades. The problems and costs of extreme weather are the same either way. As the VP of global risk management told me, the most expensive events in company history in every weather category (flood, earthquake, hail, wind, etc.)

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Insurance Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

My conversations with local managers were frustrating. No such shutdown had ever before been done in the mining industry, and the costs would be enormous. There were complaints and resistance within the company, which had retained a culture of strict hierarchy and rigid, top-down management style.

Operations 8

Operations Industry CEO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 Total losses from those two disasters were very likely greater than the savings companies had won, over the preceding years, by squeezing out costs and making their supply chains so efficient. A healthier approach also means managing acceptable losses. Everyone knows the story.

Efficiency 9

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Chan School of Public Health, about the major challenges of local sourcing, how companies can manage them, and what food supply chains will look like in the future. I recently spoke to Professor John Quelch, who teaches at Harvard Business School and at Harvard’s T.H. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Globalization Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

but are still, as is clear from the chart below, costing companies a lot of money. Defense attorney costs are harder to get at, but indications are that they add up to another 10% or more of settlements. Economy Finance Risk management' billion, or 17% of settlements, in 2012. Bratton and Michael L.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8