Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The reason is failed leadership, and Apple – currently the dominant tech firm for the mobile era – is at risk of making the same mistakes. Microsoft ended the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). Sixteen years later, that dominance is looking threadbare.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

For most organizations, this is the least risky option, and a good middle road, despite the fact that many traditional organizations often see digital network operators as threats rather than allies. BancAlliance, a consortium of community banks, has partnered with Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. The balance sheet has also become less useful for banks’ lending decisions because banks rely on asset coverage to calculate their security.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Greece appears also to lose control of the €11 billion reserves of the Greek banking stability fund. For all the talk of reform, little has happened on the ground: this is partly a legacy of poor leadership from the previous government as well as of the Troika’s priorities. Will there be progress in this regard?

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Policies Crisis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Counting cash reserves, dividend payments, and stock repurchases, corporate America has had the opportunity to invest nearly $3 trillion in capital since the 2008 Great Recession — more than six times the size of the TARP bank bailout. Whether that kind of leadership positions a company for long-term success is a different question.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The index was constructed in the same fashion as other indexes that seek to isolate an industry sector (banking, biotech), geography (China), or size (large cap), for example. Further, Nike was ranked the #7 most innovative company by Fast Company in 2014 , and the 13 th most admired company by Forbes magazine.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. But companies in this state often face increasing pressure to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs in their legacy businesses, and this pressure attracts opportunistic disruptors.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment. For example, the market for bank credit for small businesses has been tight, particularly for loans under $150,000.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

France: Pushing quotas and operational roles. In 2014, are we witnessing a trickle-down effect? France is one of the rare countries to have so many of their most senior women in operational roles, rather than the staff and support function jobs that has been the initial answer of so many companies trying to balance their teams.

Execution 10

Execution Committee Diversity Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Every single customer can trust us to encrypt all of their files with bank-grade technology before we back them up to our cloud servers. For example, Carbonite now operates several directly-owned or reseller-owned data centers deployed across Europe. billion in 2014 to $4.82 jurisdiction. (The billion in 2019.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Software Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

His pick for Labor Secretary is staunchly opposed to covering overtime pay or increasing minimum wages (something many leading companies have been doing on their own since 2014. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8