Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Last year there was significant movement by the financial community to push companies to look harder at climate change in particular, but also at other factors that matter to long-term performance, such as LGBT rights, economic inequality, and boardroom diversity. But have the letters made much of a difference?

Letter 9

Letter Long-term Short-term Diversity 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Most cities fall well short of that ideal. metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Long-term thinking with short-term flexibility. A recent Brookings analysis found that of the 30 U.S.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We still believe the executives at Tejon Ranch made some mistakes, as did we, but our biggest collective mistake was thinking in terms of threats rather than opportunities. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit.

CEO 8

CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

To achieve that goal, however, we must innovate not only in terms of science and R&D, but also in how we run our business. One popular activity is the fast session – a short, structured workshop to address a specific problem. Bayer’s mission is “Science for a Better Life.” More than 600 were selected.

Innovation 11

Innovation Company Agility Workshop 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. Consider the case of MedStar Health, the largest nongovernment health care provider in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C.,

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Those sessions produced a highly sophisticated system that achieved the end goal: a wonderful end-to-end experience for consumers. They have to integrate various perspectives and not give algorithms short shrift for lack of understanding them. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Our goal is to fuel your fire, but that''s only the beginning. CED fuels that fire by selling T-shirts, wristbands, shorts and other clothing featuring motivational and inspirational slogans. Jake : Learning to wear multiple hats while maintaining focus on the long-term. Every day," explains Jake, who also founded CED.

Entrepreneur 73

Entrepreneur Advice Apparel Audience 73

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

For example, by working closely with its 822 sheep farmers during a season of poor Spring weather in 2015 that delayed lamb maturation, Sainsbury’s in the UK was able to extend the lamb season by five weeks. too short, long, big, small or uneven in shape, too red or not red enough, and so on).

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. Classroom-based training is, after all, typically easier and less expensive to implement; it’s evidence of short-term thinking, rather than long-term investment in the leadership pipeline.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. These findings mirror the growing chorus of voices in business and academia that point to short-termism as being a major threat to business.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Our goal, in a randomized controlled experiment at Gap, was to shift retail associates to more-stable schedules and study the business results. .” Requiring employee schedules to be posted two weeks in advance.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In short, tax rates are lower for companies in practice than in theory, and the distinction between the U.S. After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. Further, U.S. There is no doubt that U.S. But the U.S.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This is the exclusive, short story of how Diageo North America, with creativity and guts, both in operations and in the senior ranks, achieved the holy grail of carbon emissions reductions. They settled on a still-aggressive goal of 50%, made it public , and, remarkably, crossed their fingers.

Globalization 8

Globalization Cost Bottom-up Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

We’ve found that companies have greater success getting people over that hurdle when they give people short, focused assignments, particularly those that capture moments of strong emotion. In both cases, the assignment was clear, the duration short but intense. “And what we learned was sobering.

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. This short paper outlines how climate is “already costing local economies billions” and describes how hundreds of billions of property are at risk.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

More than 365 companies and investors voiced their support for the US Clean Power Plan in 2015. Companies invested significant resources in pushing for high public policy ambition in agreeing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Ultimately, long-term legitimacy, reputation, and license to operate are at stake.

Globalization 10

Globalization Policies Supply Chain CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Crowdfunding has been growing explosively, with over $2 billion raised via equity and reward crowdfunding in the United States in 2015 alone. As a result, despite there being limited ramifications from project creators failing to deliver on their goals, failure is remarkably rare in crowdfunding.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Project Diversity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. In response to Trump’s election and his statements doubting climate change, many countries that signed the Paris climate accords in 2015 made it clear they would power on (China in particular — see story number three, below). Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8