Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2015

“We weren’t prepared for the crisis and we dropped the ball,” wrote AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky in 2011, after a guest trashed a host’s home. They examined 29 online videos of apologies made between 2007 and 2011. Then Brinke and Adams looked at what happened after the apology to the company’s stock price.

CEO 8

CEO Airlines Press Release Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

In 2011, U.S. Contrary to what many economists then believed, Friedman argued that, higher inflation does not reduce unemployment, and that the best monetary policy was one that kept prices stable. Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo (himself a Harvard economics Ph.D.) Why can the U.S. The difference isn't their debt and deficits.

GDP 10

GDP Banking Price Crisis 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Technological innovations ranging from smartphones to Big Data analytics to cloud computing make it easier than ever for new challengers – especially those unburdened by legacy systems or brick-and-mortar networks – to gain access to high-quality market information and mass distribution. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

Insurance 8

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

That''s a popular theme at the moment, with any number of culprits cited — an overleveraged financial system , pollution , too little consumer spending , corruption , anti-corruption campaigns , and of course bad driving. China Economy Finance' China''s era of spectacular economic growth is coming to an end. Basically, it''s due.

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

The idea behind the latest maneuver is that recapitalizing European banks will reduce the correlation between the creditworthiness of a state's banking system and the creditworthiness of a State itself. And if so, at what price? What price does the ESM pay? The ESM is 750 billion-with-a-B Euros. Take Ireland for example.

GDP 14

GDP Banking Bond Real Estate 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Imagine that you wanted a new home theater system. It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. They could even allow customers to request products in particular colors at premium prices. Now, let's go back to that imagined home entertainment system. Big Isn't Enough.

Porter 17

Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The genius in Singapore’s health-care system is that each individual’s stake in health-care financing is clearly visible. Copayments, deductibles, coinsurance, and tiered pricing are designed to give consumers incentives to make lower-cost decisions. While Health Savings Accounts have existed in the U.S. Encourage savings.

Health Care 8

Health Care Company Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

There’s a wonderful scene (one of many) in Michael Lewis’s new book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt , in which John Schwall, then the head of product management at RBC Capital Markets in New York, decides one day in 2011 to figure out how stock trading had evolved into a high-speed, unfair race he thought it had become.

Long-term 8

Long-term Open-book Marketing Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

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. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

This is reflected in the drop in stock price from an April high of about $45 to about $35 in late May (a market cap decline of more than $35 billion). Ina Drew was in the bank's High Five in the proxy statement, with more than $15 million in total comp in 2010 and 2011 (cash, bonus, stock awards).

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Then, via price dynamics determined by market supply and demand, the value is settled on by the network of participants, rather than by a central authority or government. While the price of Ether has been rising , Bitcoin has dropped 20% to $1,000 dollars from a record $1,290 on March 3, 2017. Insight Center.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

In 2011, the entire country of Egypt had a total internet blackout after officials ordered the country''s ISPs to flip a few switches; the Syrian government is now doing the same. All networks grow until reaching a breakpoint , a point at which the carrying capacity of the system is exceeded. The stock market is such a system.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Long-term Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Reacting quickly, Google regained control of the Android system by restricting access to difficult-to-replicate services such as mapping and by shifting important application programming interfaces (APIs) to the proprietary Google Play Store. It was the digital payment system eBay pushed before it gave up and acquired PayPal.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 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. Through the tax system, business interests that gain from these investments return funds to the government. I disagree with this priority. Social investment.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 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. VC funding for cleantech went down during the recession, but as a share of total VC funding it held steady at 15-17% from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, cleantech represented nearly 17% of total U.S.

Stage-Gate 9

Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Specifically, it has allowed for significant expansion of insurance coverage and it is accelerating the move from a financing system that pays for the volume of services provided to one that rewards care providers for delivering higher-quality care. Payment system changes. What’s Working.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Incentives Cost 8