Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? However when a situation can be seen through the lens of difference, and a position is simply a matter of opinion not a totalitarian statement of fact, then cooperation and compromise is possible.

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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

Crisis 10

Crisis Banking System Cooper 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Now the best description might be, “giant bank account with a company attached.” WordPress operates as an open-source ecosystem with a venture-backed corporation, Automattic , at its heart. There was a time when Twitter could be described as “plumbing.” Let me explain, starting with the plumbing.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 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. They could be a way to derive value from an under-utilized asset, cut costs, find new partners, or tap market opportunities.

Finance 14

Finance Strategy Banking Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The market cap of bitcoin now hovers between $10–$20 billion dollars, and is used by millions of people for payments, including a large and growing remittances market. Almost every major financial institution in the world is doing blockchain research at the moment, and 15% of banks are expected to be using blockchain in 2017.

Disaggregation 8

Disaggregation Supply Chain Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Great Recession revealed one of the weakest links in Africa’s quest to build strong capital markets — bogus audited statements. After the fall of Lehman Brothers, the cascading dominoes spread around the world crippling markets and decimating companies.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives Quality Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

In a recent Forrester survey of 100 customer experience professionals, nearly half of respondents said that their executive team''s strategy for customer experience is market differentiation. Not surprisingly, it wound up with a bank that looks like an Apple store. "Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field.

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Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

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%. But when it comes to little-known leaders in their market, Germany has 1,307 “hidden champions,” nine times as many as those two countries combined.

Industry 8

Industry Long-term Short-term Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

According to a new book by Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. Gaining real insights into customers’ needs demands more of companies than those arising from typical market research.

Education 8

Education Execution Content Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Whether you are working in a large corporation with a presence in all the major markets or you're an owner operator with a single website, it is likely that your communications will reach people from a wide variety of cultural origins. If you are in business, then you are in a global business.

Advertising 14

Advertising Audience Banking Influence 14

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. Over the next decade, the world will add a billion new middle-class consumers in emerging markets, and the MENA region will have 60 million of these new shoppers.

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Class Globalization Survey Cooper 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. When China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001, the Western hope was China would move toward a market-driven economy. Such market shares will create a platform for global juggernauts. The growth of SOEs.

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GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8