Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. It is important to have these answers before starting a small business. Having a solid ground of reasoning behind your idea. Choose Your Business Structure Wisely.

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Break-even Analysis Analysis Licensing Price 83

Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

In early 2000, while awaiting the court decision in the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, Bill Gates decided to step down as chief executive and focus on his passion for software. Getting outside your comfort zone is a quick way to experience leadership from a new perspective. Know your limitations, and try to see beyond them.

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Crisis Workshop Short-term Business Model 284

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We have replicated these results in other surveys of C-suite executives at large public pension and sovereign wealth funds. Collectively, the world’s investment giants hold in excess of $70 trillion in assets, which represents the bulk of investable capital globally.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

Yet many companies face serious challenges when it comes to executing on a circular economy strategy. We are academics and practitioners focused on product recovery economics and life cycle asset management. We began collaborating when we recognized how interlaced asset management and product recovery were in textbook CEs.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The market for corporate control, the design of executive compensation packages, and the board of directors’ evaluation horizons could be barriers to such decisions. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard. The investment management industry has been highly commoditized.

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Some bottom-decile firms share many of these characteristics, such as size and even investments, suggesting that size alone is not sufficient; what sets superstar firms apart is their ability to select and execute on their bold investments well. The link between superstar firms, sectors, and cities is complex.

Industry 9

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. If trustees possess a stronger knowledge base, they could monitor their investment managers more robustly.

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Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. Teamwork is not the only key to success in the asset management industry.

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Teamwork Industry Management Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.”

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy. In sales-driven companies (think pharmaceuticals and industrial equipment), they are often field sales managers who direct dozens of salespeople in the highest-volume regions.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Yes, financial institutions should be environmentally responsible in their own operations. Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. A data-driven mindset may encourage managers to ignore intuition or anomalous data that doesn't fit preconceived notions. How do they affect day-to-day behaviors?

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Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Successful companies between $5 million and $50 million in revenues can't get the capital they need to expand their operations and hire more people in city neighborhoods where the best social program is a job. Tim Ferguson is the Founder, Chair, and Managing Partner of Next Street , a merchant bank for the urban enterprise.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Mass Marketing Banking Asset Management 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

We direct this urgent call less at operating managers, who are out there getting muddy and trying to score goals every day, than at other critical corporate players, such as the trustees of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds or a company's independent directors.

Marketing 10

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

“Increasing demand for clean, affordable electricity combined with an aging infrastructure, retiring workers, growing regulations, rising capital costs, and intensifying budget pressures challenge utility executives and managers now more than ever.

Power 50

Power Licensing Engineering Benchmarking 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. “I saw junior developers working directly with senior managers, asking what they were looking for,” he said.

Management 9

Management Software BPM Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

For example, despite the social and efficiency value of using predictive analytics to prevent water leaks, many utility managers view themselves as heroes for responding after the leak has occurred. In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. As one U.S. As one U.S.

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Industry Supply Chain Incentives Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

I was meeting with a client last week, the CEO of a global asset management firm. Based on my experience coaching hundreds of executives, I know that leaders — in nice organizations and even not-so-nice organizations — can create a more candid and feedback rich culture by following these seven steps: Start with yourself.

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Organization How To Cialdini Schein 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

Executives of the “old economy” are certainly aware of their own vulnerability, as they witness the impact of Uber on the taxi industry, Airbnb on hospitality, and automated asset management on financial services. The company recently hired Volvo’s head of interiors to help it compete.

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Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 10