Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources' Even HR itself agrees. Bring on the quants.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. A high-quality clinical affiliation where providers share best practices and easily consult with each other about patients even if they are independent.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. In 2014, the company set a strategic goal to double revenue by 2020, which required disciplined focus on specific strategic growth trajectories.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share.

Brand 11

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

According to the annual 2014 Youth Entrepreneurship Study conducted by YEC and Buzz Marketing Group, 81 percent of non-self-employed individuals believe they will be a business owner or self-employed at some point because of the new economy. And who creates more value than entrepreneurs? companies will need in the next decade.

Education 9

Education Long-term Learning-by-Doing Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

In July 2015, Novartis launched its new heart failure drug, Entresto, which Forbes in 2014 predicted would be a blockbuster — with expected sales of $10 billion annually — as the potential market in the US exceeds 5 million people with a heart failure condition. Laura Schneider for HBR. The failures continue.

Planning 8

Planning Competitive Intelligence Pharmaceuticals Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

In my early years as an executive search consultant in Argentina, I was frequently asked to hire senior investment bankers. Adapted from It’s Not the How or the What but the Who (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014). Citibank and J.P. While both had top people, one was dramatically more successful in the market.

Team 8

Team How To Efficiency Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This new (and alarming) data comes from pricing consulting giant Simon-Kucher & Partners, which conducts its survey every other year with the Professional Pricing Society, a professional association. The 2014 survey polled approximately 1,600 executives and managers from over 40 countries and across a range of industries.

Price 11

Price Productivity Products Simon 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Overall marijuana sales in states where cannabis is legal could double in 2014 to hit $3 billion, according to our estimates, as Colorado and Washington begin selling cannabis to adults 21 and over. And more are joining every day.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead of seeking management jobs at GM or Eastman Kodak or Westinghouse, MBAs from elite schools went into finance and consulting. at the end of 2014. The data provide a fascinating look into a corrupt organization in action. Uber reported that it had 162,000 “driver-partners” in the U.S.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. The country’s tourism sector attracted fewer than five million visitors in 2014 while neighboring Turkey attracted 39 million people. Companies need to confirm that their policies are compliant by consulting with an external sanctions lawyer. However, remaining U.S.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

For this analysis, performance refers to the change in market valuation between the initial First Round investment and the end of 2014.) The challenge is convincing all those talented individuals seeking finance and consulting positions to take the leap into starting a new venture.

Succession 8

Succession Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

HBR’s resulting list of the 100 Global CEOs who have delivered the best financial results, published in its November 2014 issue, placed Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos squarely at the top. There’s no doubt that Mr. Bezos has done well for the company he founded.

CEO 8

CEO Reputation Metrics EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Alan Greenspan launched the all-PhD era in 1987, but his doctorate was of an unconventional sort — he acquired it in his early 50s from NYU after he’d left graduate school at Columbia decades before (Burns had been one of his professors) to start an economic consulting firm.

Banking 9

Banking Rogers Career Education 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? ” Kate left her job at PerkinElmer in February 2014; the next month, she and her business partner started ORIGƷN, a Boston-based biotechnology company. For instance, can you hire someone to help you code? Patch weak spots. “I made the right decision. .”

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 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

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. These companies, which include Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, IBM India, and Deloitte, are contracted by other companies to do IT work.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

It happens every time there’s a big announcement about a national or regional innovation policy that will lead us into the future: We are presented with schemes to strengthen intellectual property rights, enlarge the pool of risk financing, and upgrade the universities while pushing them to collaborate more with industry.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8