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 12

Price Committee Sports Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

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

AUGUST 15, 2013

Data breaches are on the rise, with a 44% increase in the number of records exposed from 2011 to 2012. Boards should require that CEO candidates demonstrate not just knowledge of finance and marketing but also a technology aptitude. There have been breaches at companies such as Global Payments (1.5 million records).

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., That compares to only 16% who found the media most credible and 12% who view political parties most credible.

Politics 8

Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

After weeks of media frenzy around the Greek election and the new government’s once-ambitious plans to renegotiate with the Eurozone over its debt crisis , the searchlights of publicity are shifting. And although it has been given a temporary lifeline, little has been resolved. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Policies Crisis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets. For example, in 2012, Intel, TSMC, and Samsung — three large semiconductor manufacturers based in the U.S., Model 6: Cofunding of a third-party asset.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 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 was it? But limiting the downside does not mean inhibiting risk-taking.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In 2012 only about 21% (420,000) of the 2,000,000 stay-at-home fathers in the U.S. Seven years later, with our kids in middle school and high school, Roger started to make inquiries, still believing he was marketable. Some of this comes from women, some from other dads, and some from the media. It’s a small club.

Rogers 8

Rogers Career Article Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

Although the media has spoken loosely about a company "clawing back" pay, there are, in fact, different ways to hold responsible individuals to financial account. A future compensation action would reduce 2012 variable benefits (bonus or equity awards) in absolute terms (or through a much slower rate of increase).

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses. million in 2014 to a high of $12.6

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and Chief Risk Officers (CROs) may seem to have little in common. That has coincided with marketing’s increased influence on strategy, driven by the unprecedented level of insights into customer behavior and trends that are now possible through analytics. Take a customer–life cycle approach.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

Everyone and everything is connected or soon will be by social media, on mobile platforms, and in the cloud. But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. Rapid Innovation/Move-to-Market Cycles. The Invisible Children, Inc.

Team 12

Team Self-aware Media Download 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

As of February 2016, the top 10 unicorns for market capitalization are: Uber, Xiaomi, Airbnb, Palantir, Meituan-Dianping, Snapchat, Didi Kuaidi, Flipkart, and SpaceX. billion, which has experienced incredible growth, with the total number of users having practically doubled each year since 2012. Financed by VC firms.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

His answer is that in a news market overflowing with facts, facts by themselves go unsold; they require a story—and that story, he says mischievously, needs some kind of bias on the part of the author, “a pair of lenses that slide over reality and aim to bring it more clearly into focus.” Where should all this go in our minds?”.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

billion market capitalization as of this writing. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

When handled correctly, social media can help you professionally. Expertise can be noticed more easily," says Soumitra Dutta, a professor in business and technology at INSEAD, author of "What's Your Personal Social Media Strategy?" Social media allows anyone to put their ideas out there and to gain respect, notoriety, and a following.

Media 17

Media Career Tips Content 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

From 2012 to 2014, the median home price rose by 17.3%. Often the markets they supply shrink in size. The transformation of the movie rental and physical media businesses are examples of what happens when businesses move from the traditional to the autonomous economy. Property managers forecasted an 8% increase in rents in 2016.

Retail 10

Retail Automotive Supply Chain Proposal 10

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 9

Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Without clear ethics rules, Jay worried that his already divided directors would fall into bitter squabbling, which could lead to resignations, negative media attention, and a flight of investors. Probably our biggest impact on sustainability comes not through the loans we make but through media coverage of our mission.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Crowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare and refreshing show of bipartisanship, and was signed into law by President Obama April 5, 2012.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13