Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In each iteration, we spent a lot of time thinking about what might make the best use of our existing product. content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. 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

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 passwords), LinkedIn (6.5

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). For example, in 2012, Intel, TSMC, and Samsung — three large semiconductor manufacturers based in the U.S.,

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 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

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

With a little creativity, CMOs can work with them to monetize that data to create new products and, in some cases, whole new markets. The ability to offer financing gave the technology vendor a point of differentiation that helped it beat its revenue projection for the year. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

billion, which has experienced incredible growth, with the total number of users having practically doubled each year since 2012. HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012. Financed by VC firms.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

In fact, the four systematic reviews from 2012 onwards all found mostly positive associations; none were funded by industry. Can a review in 2007 be criticized as biased for not including a study published in 2012? Imagine a product with a 100 percent failure rate. Now, you might find it odd that this was ever an open debate.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Recently, I wrote about Akamai, a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet's fabric. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

From 2012 to 2014, the median home price rose by 17.3%. The autonomous economy is where intelligent machines, robots, artificial intelligence, big data, and high-speed digital communication power production. In the meantime, the manufacturers and distributors of physical media are struggling. Related Video. There are 3.5

Retail 9

Retail Automotive Supply Chain 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. I am referring only to equity crowdfunding. Crowdfunding of debt can work.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13