Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

While international lending, as measured by cross-border banking claims at the Bank for International Settlements, has declined $2.6 While international lending, as measured by cross-border banking claims at the Bank for International Settlements, has declined $2.6 This year, for example, the U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Imagine you're a major bank. Would you want to start a Facebook page and let anyone weigh-in with what they thought of you, and of banking in general? HDS put Hu Yoshida , its highly-respected chief technology officer, in the limelight to attract high-level audiences. Here's how: Get your experts out front.

How To 13

How To Chief Technology Officer Audience Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Five years later, under the banner of "The Girl Effect," Nike Foundation and its many partners, such as the NoVo Foundation the World Bank, DFID and the UN Foundation, have successfully influenced the global agenda and helped launch multi-million dollar programs to empower adolescent girls around the world.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

They are the members of the AMA’s Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, “one of the most powerful committees in America that you’ve never heard of,” says Washington Monthly editor Haley Sweetland Edwards. We actually define ourselves as a technology company," VP Carolyn Everson once said, a bit sniffily.

Committee 8

Committee Content Price Organizational Behavior 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Disclosure: I’m on the steering committee of RE100 this group working to bring in corporate members.). This week, the World Bank, representing a group of 73 countries and 1,000 businesses — including many of the world’s largest — issued their own commitment to pricing carbon.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Consider that other power brokers, such as Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, echoed themes similar to those the Pope raised. More than 50 large companies have joined RE100 , a group committing to use 100% renewable power (disclosure: I’m on the RE100 steering committee). In the U.S., No, this was about fraud.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Some, like the development of specific technology for a new product, largely benefit one firm. As Ed Lazowska , who co-chaired President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, says, “In it’s essence, innovation is combination. However, not all investments are equal.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

If it’s a creative agency, like a design shop, you might take more risks but if it’s a more conservative organization, like a bank, you may hold back.”. Lees notes that in some industries, like fashion or technology, it’s more appropriate to say how much you love a company’s product or services. Open strong. Authenticity is crucial.

Letter 15

Letter How To Maturity Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

At Boeing, all enterprise technology (including digital) investments are managed by the CTO, which enables significant synergies. For Commonwealth Bank of Australia, convergence involved bringing together operations and IT into a new unit, Enterprise Services (ES), headed by the CIO. IT management Information & technology Technology'

CIO 10

CIO Organization Committee CTO 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

2: It’s Really a Committee of One. One critical research finding is that 90% of study participants confirmed that there is always or usually one member of the evaluation committee who tries to influence and bully the decision their way. Moreover, this person is successful in getting the vendor they want selected 89% of the time.

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

There has been a subsequent improvement from 11% to 15% of female Executive Committee members, and 70% of companies in the top 20 now have at least one woman on their senior executive teams – up from 60% last year. And three companies still have men-only executive committees. In 2014, are we witnessing a trickle-down effect?

Execution 12

Execution Committee Diversity Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. by 2020, according to the World Bank. The “input” indeed appears impressive: China’s R&D expenditure increased to 1.6%

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Choices as simple as whether we use on-line banking, have a face-to-face meeting or set up a WebEx or Telepresence conference, send a written thank you note or an e-mail. Most of the time, the same technology that enables each and every one of us to multi-task and be always "on call" and consider trade-offs that didn't exist in the past.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Delegation Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Many companies try to build complex capabilities by assembling small-scale functional teams — committees of people from the relevant professional groups to tackle particular problems. There are several possible solutions, each with strengths and weaknesses.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

.” If someone with Calhoun’s experience has trouble with this – he’s chairman of Nielsen’s board, sits on boards of Boeing and Caterpillar, and is on the management committee at Blackstone – I know he can’t be alone.

Career 8

Career Follow-up Advice Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

Lola is a labor and delivery nurse, an administrator and partner in a 65-bed long-term-care facility, president and consultant in a software technology company, director of operations in a long-term-care consulting company, chair of several hospital committees, and volunteer for a women’s fertility organization that travels to Africa.

PR 8

PR Long-term Consultative Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure.

Long-term 14

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2017

The most common type of email attack is phishing, fraudulent emails purporting to be from a potentially relevant entity such as a shipping firm, major bank, or tax authority. Workers at technology giants Facebook and Google — filled with tech-savvy people — fell for such a scam that almost cost them $100 million.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain System CFO Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Major institutions such as banks have a long history of establishing redundant systems to survive cyber-attacks. For example, some banks are joining forces with competitors to step in as proxies in the event of a cyber-crisis, because they understand that the ramifications of an attack on their systems could go far beyond their own business.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Industry Operations 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Target, Sony Pictures, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the U.S. One challenge countries face: there are hundreds of MFA technologies vying for attention, but not all are created equal. Don’t prescribe any single technology or solution — focus on standards and outcomes. Use biometrics appropriately.

Policies 8

Policies White Paper Technology Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

Second, due to developments in financial technology that weakened their ability to profit from lending, the large commercial banks turned toward fee-for-service activities, morphing increasingly into quasi-investment banks.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. However, Republican directors are more likely to identify the compensation committee as the least effective committee. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8