Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Take the example of a dairy cooperative I worked with recently. Once it adopted the six-step method, these outcomes were identified as “reducing employee turnover and increasing productivity and innovation.” I’ve assisted a rural bank which decided that its target customer was “commercial family farms.”

Strategic Planning 15

Strategic Planning Planning Document Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

Recent problems in Kenya’s banking sector have rekindled the necessity for regulators to push for tougher auditing reforms as well. Regulators must innovate and create structures that correct inherent flaws which continue to stymie market efficiencies.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives Quality Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

On-line exchanges for barters, swaps, and sharing of goods or services have made direct connections possible, sometimes without much money changing hands beyond a fee to the exchange-operator. Imagine an e-Bay or Craig's List ad: "Have peanuts, seek medical care.".

Finance 14

Finance Strategy Banking Retail 14

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Leaders who operate from a platform of good manners and civility know that: Everyone likes to feel acknowledged and important I started my work life in the mailroom of a bank. Two is, that the wider our span of authority gets, the more we need the support, cooperation, ideas and good will of others to be successful.

Blog 79

Blog Politics Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 79

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

But a new analysis from the German Savings Banks Association shows that, in the last fiscal year, its midsize company clients managed, on average, profit margins of 7.3%. The German Mittelstand is at the forefront of a modern management model that builds flatter, more-innovative, and more-networked enterprises. This success is no blip.

Industry 8

Industry Long-term Short-term Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” How to Brand a Next-Generation Product. One of JLL’s main clients, Bank of America [BofA], told JLL in 2001 that it no longer wanted to deal with each of JLL’s business units independently. A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

More importantly, the IMF predicts strong 4% growth for the region in 2012 and Gulf Cooperation Council countries could set a torrid 7% pace. A rapidly growing population means a strong youth market; new ideas, innovations, and business models; entrepreneurship; and even new ideas about governance.

Class 15

Class Globalization Survey Cooper 15

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 25, 2019

The paper directly references the rise of the European Union, alongside bodies such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and their growing influence on national politics. “Thus, the undermining of domestic accountability is likely to continue.” ” A shifting trifecta.

Process 66

Process Cooper Globalization Policies 66