Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

has a new "white paper" out with the rah rah title, " Financial Services: Safer & Stronger in 2012." Executive compensation has been reformed significantly to align with long-term performance. Executive compensation has been reformed significantly to align with long-term performance. But in financial markets, it's problematic.

Finance 12

Finance Motivation White Paper Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

” asked the Scandinavian executive. Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. “Where are the stores?”

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Chapter 4 – Idendity and the market. Walking through each chapter like an executive summary on stimulants, its a neat and yet articulates clearly. That identity and communities of origin should change to communities of aspiration - increasingly important in the connected 2012 and beyond. Worth a Read? About the author.

Review 37

Review Books Diversity Human Resources 37

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves. As yet, the facts don't seem to substantiate the fears.

Licensing 12

Licensing Depreciation Pharmaceuticals Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Multinational executives are also paying attention to the country’s upcoming presidential elections.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

Others have argued that executive education programs are likely to be disrupted , as companies weigh the savings they could achieve by directing executives to MOOCs instead. At Wharton, nearly 20% of the annual revenue comes from executive education, while at Harvard Business School 26% does, and at IESE, it is nearly half.

Education 9

Education Course Class Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

And Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, already under fire for a fraudulent bank account scheme , has faced tough questions about his salary and the multimillion-dollar retirement package of Carrie Tolstedt, a key executive tied to the scandal. Golden parachutes such are now paid out even when executives leave amid scandal.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Hostile Takeover Airlines Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

As she navigated through spreadsheets and dashboard screens — each created by a different person for a different purpose — the only constant was the title of the report, "2012 Actuals." Business executives are unaware of the extent to which their staffs routinely reinvent the wheel to get the information they need.

Business Intelligence 13

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

It's the first work week of 2012, and from what I see on Twitter, lots of folks are jumping into the New Year with a resolution or two. Get serious about making time for that work, and 2012 can be the year you achieve your most dearly held goals. Sort your list into related chunks. Review your committed tasks and cull again.

Goal 15

Goal Process Delegation Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. How can that be when the same information about the stock's underlying company and markets are available to both?

CAPM 13

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

A 2012 McKinsey Report shows that over a 15 year period companies that shifted more than 56% of their capital across their business units during that period delivered annual return to shareholders that were a third higher than those delivered by companies that allocated roughly the same amount of capital per unit as they had the previous year.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

The second company is Fiat Chrysler, which introduced the Dodge Dart compact in 2012 with great fanfare, and even greater expectations. But by the turn of the millennium, the German automaker needed a new product for the mass market to jumpstart sales, and decided to make a vehicle for the burgeoning SUV segment. In the U.S.,

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Development Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

“We are trying to use the index to change corporate behavior,” said Mark Wiseman, chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the lead investor in the initiative. In 2012, John Deere CEO Samuel Allen began releasing long-term, aspirational revenue targets for 2018. Similarly, Corning Inc.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

as the most attractive market worldwide for renewable energy investment, this year downgraded it to third , behind China and India. And though the idea of VCs abandoning cleantech has been around since at least early 2012 , I was initially skeptical. First, another recent Brookings analysis found that U.S. never put a price on carbon.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Campbell, the food company best known for its soups, is investing $125 million in a venture fund to help finance food startups, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to Forbes, 58% of startups successfully figure out a clear market need for what they have. When he bought it in 2012 it had $93 million in revenue.

Company 8

Company Brand Venture Funding Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are important categories to consider. But a market never buys anything. But by 2012 growth slowed, revenues flattened, and margins declined. Only customers buy. So, for most firms, de facto strategy is the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople bring in.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The new ideology would not see markets as an end in themselves; instead, it would value global trade and investment to the extent that they contributed to a flourishing middle class, not just to greater aggregate national wealth. Today some business gurus have a similar message.

Consultative 13

Consultative Porter Management Press Release 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. The result : by late March 2012, Draw Something had 15 million daily players and was the Apple AppStore's #1 word game in 84 countries. Rapid Innovation/Move-to-Market Cycles.

Team 11

Team Self-aware Media Download 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.".

Price 11

Price Committee Sports Transportation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The Supreme Court is going to host a debate next week on the efficient market hypothesis. a case scheduled to go to oral arguments on March 5, the Supremes are reconsidering the “fraud on the market” doctrine at the heart of most securities-class-action lawsuits. The battle lines may not be exactly what you’d expect: the U.S.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New innovations will change the basis of competition in many markets and alter the sources of advantage for most companies. Business-critical roles — that is, the jobs that are central to differentiating a company from its competitors and successfully executing its strategy — will also change.

Company 9

Company Insurance Engineering Software 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

in 2012 , the outlook is far healthier than in many mature markets of Europe and North America, fueling an ongoing war for talent. The biggest limitation to growth is not market opportunities but finding the talent to maximize these opportunities," says Sunil Nayak, CEO of Sodexo India.

Career 8

Career Maturity Survey Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. Growth events were almost immediate: An entrepreneur with a line of men’s underwear entered export markets for the first time.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Mentor Banking Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Let’s imagine that you have recently assessed your company’s talent , and that you found plenty of high-performing executives and employees. A 2012 academic study of a large company’s front-line supervisors concluded that, as one summary put it, “The most efficient structure is to assign the best workers to the best bosses.”

Team 8

Team Human Capital CEO Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. This is not just good for individuals; it’s good for business. In 2008, TURCK’s health care claim costs were $280.52 per member per month.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Morale Company 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio) have been increasing with time , at least in the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Drucker Peer Review Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

The use of pain killers increased by 50% from 2006 to 2012 and one recent estimate put the cost of physical pain on the U.S. These undergraduate students then learned the value of their college degree for their impending job market. The United States is in a pain crisis. This provided a baseline measure of pain tolerance.

Cost 8

Cost Document Finance Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Ask someone to name the demands that activist hedge funds make of companies and they’ll likely list corporate governance issues like board changes and executive compensation, or perhaps some form of restructuring. In contrast, fair marketing and advertising of products are very important for companies in these sectors.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Advertising Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Its approach was the first to align the key actors in the ecosystem in a way that addressed the critical shortcomings — range, resale value, grid capacity — that undermine the electric car as a mass-market proposition. Note to Tesla owners: you are not the mass market). A small number, but these are also small markets.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it. Data breaches are on the rise, with a 44% increase in the number of records exposed from 2011 to 2012. From a strategic standpoint, they became invisible; they no longer mattered.".

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. In 2012 it was $1.9 stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth. Icahn won that playground tussle.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Understanding and deciphering ecosystem-level disruption will be the key for executives in the coming decade. It dominated the ultra-profitable, digital-photo-kiosk market, even pushing archrival Fuji out of Walgreens’s retail-pharmacy juggernaut. A misunderstood story. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No.

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc. Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors. Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Many people, including quite a few U.S. But none of these was a high-profile risk officer. But was it?

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Much the same occurred at Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, when Pershing Square Capital Management acquired control of its board. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8