Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. operating rooms, recovery floors, emergency department), and ancillary departments (e.g., Problem 2: Rigid annual operating budgets. Gillian Blease/Getty Images. Each of the new companies offers the hope of transforming the performance of the U.S.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images. Consumers use bitcoins to pay for imported cars , among other purchases.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. Just 6% are using AI in pricing. Some 51% of our AI leaders predicted that by 2020 AI will have its biggest internal impact on their back-office functions of IT and finance/accounting; only 34% of AI followers said the same thing.

Company 11

Company Survey Finance Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Freedom Financial provides five key areas of finance that are critical for entrepreneurs to have a greater chance at success. Keep business and personal finances separate. Once your business starts growing, Freedom Financial recommends separating business and personal finances, is essential. Proper preparation for lean months.

Entrepreneur 52

Entrepreneur Tips Succession Management 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Marketplaces allow people to do apples-to-apples comparisons of health insurance products and prices through an online portal. California’s model is perhaps the most influential: It has affected prices and choice in the market by standardizing plans and aggressively negotiating insurance rates. A new consumer mindset.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This frugal solution is built around affordable and easy-to-use medical devices that can be operated by nurses in rural clinics. Adding 600 new customers a day, M-KOPA intends to cross the million-unit mark by the end of 2017. Yet, over 5 billion people worldwide don’t have internet access. housing sector.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The first reason that many companies decide to outsourcing is that the operational and labour costs are much cheaper than hiring an employee into the business. Things such as administration, finance and statistics can be outsourced by a business if they do not want to complete these tasks themselves. Mundane Tasks. Your Weaknesses.

Outsourcing 69

Outsourcing Offshoring Content Engineering 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

As the currency was crashing, he found himself facing a painful dilemma: either raise prices to recoup the losses and hit his annual target — set in U.S. But with the currency changing every day, how much of a price increase should he consider? Normally, MNCs raise prices in the emerging market, (e.g., Federal Reserve.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Then, via price dynamics determined by market supply and demand, the value is settled on by the network of participants, rather than by a central authority or government. For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. Insight Center.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. went public in June, then saw its stock price fall 70%, making it the worst performing IPO of a major company so far in 2017. Blue Apron formally stated their intention to become a public company in early June of 2017.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Based on their stock prices on July 6, 2017 , Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook were the five most valuable companies in the world. Digital players wield outsize market power. The most valuable non-American company, 7th overall, was China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. That would likely lead to closing factories, seeking new sources for inputs, and raising prices to mitigate higher production cuts. YOY in 2017–2018. Navigating the Next Two Years in Mexico.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. abandoned in January 2017, contained strong restrictions on SOE subsidies that, ironically, were largely drafted by U.S. withdrew from TPP in January 2017. In December 2017, the trade ministers of the European Union, Japan, and the U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. 28, 2017, Uber cut congestion pricing to John F. At a time when the U.S.

CEO 9

CEO Politics Policies Survey 9