Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When a bank suffers a physical robbery, we do not think of blaming and shaming it – even though there is almost always some additional precaution the bank could have taken that might have helped prevent the attack (such as a police officer stationed at every teller window or limiting customer access to tellers).

Safe Harbor 10

Safe Harbor Banking Policies Information 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. Mnangagwa is clear that he wants to rebuild the economy and start fresh with foreign businesses.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

You can make customers provide more rigorous authentication before they make a transaction, or have managers limit distribution of sensitive plans. How do we protect intellectual property and other sensitive business information while also encouraging collaboration in product development processes?

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

How Banks Are Capitalizing on a New Wave of Big Data and Analytics. Improved operational efficiency: AI-based needs analysis systems allow insurers to not only improve their probability of lead-to-quote conversion but also re­duce turnaround time conversions. Assess readiness. Start small.

Insurance 8

Insurance Industry Content Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

In one illustration of these difficulties, consider that India currently ranks 100 out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, 22 places behind China, 39 places behind Indonesia, and just nine places above Papua New Guinea. Step 2: Measure operating environment. Cultural variations are important.

Strategy 8

Strategy Operations Policies Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

A World Bank study tells us that the cost of land in Dhaka, where hundreds of thousands of garment workers live, is comparable to suburban New York. It’s imperative that brands operating in Bangladesh join collaborations like these. Are they adding value to the company’s reputation and helping mitigate risk?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Business development. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. Business development. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

Crisis Management 73

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 73

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

The key is not to take an "Oh no, the sky is falling" approach, but to factor it into their consideration of risk. It means understanding how valuable your information is: the IP that makes them unique, the operational data they rely on every day, the information that may be entrusted to them by their employees or business partners.

Company 22

Company Download Information Self-aware 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Computers wouldn’t just speed up processes or automate certain tasks — they could upset nearly all business processes and allow executives to rethink operations from the ground up. Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems.

Process 8

Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

How can leaders develop a specific view of the industry- and firm-level implications? The Bank of England will likely lower policy rates, or even adopt negative interest rates. ” From the map, combine various values to develop multiple scenarios. What are the first-response imperatives for corporate leaders? Run scenarios.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’s essential that companies develop the capability to quantify their cyber risk exposure in order to form strategies to mitigate that risk. The question is, is it really possible to put a dollar sign on fast-changing cyber risks with data that is difficult to find and often even harder to interpret?

Reputation 8

Reputation Insurance Banking Cost 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Thus, efforts to treat a fraction of one percent took resources away from addressing the other 99.999% of companies’ full-scope planning, training and marketplace development.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Today, many companies are exposed to intelligent device risks that could harm both their own operations as well as their customers. Yet few have formally quantified the size of their revenue at risk and potential liability. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans.

Insurance 8

Insurance Contingency Plans Globalization Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

Regulators should also draw from existing methods in the financial sector, known as model risk management frameworks , which were developed in response to similar challenges.

Health Care 8

Health Care Credit Scoring Constraint Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It's easy to assume that Jamie Dimon, the accomplished CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was simply stonewalling when he claimed that mounting trading losses in his bank were "blown out of proportion" — that he was unaware of how grave the situation really was. But I believe that Dimon literally didn't see perceive disaster unfolding before him.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

The key is not to take an "Oh no, the sky is falling" approach, but to factor it into their consideration of risk. It means understanding how valuable your information is: the IP that makes them unique, the operational data they rely on every day, the information that may be entrusted to them by their employees or business partners.

Company 8

Company Download Information Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

If you are a business leader, you don’t want to see any of these developments occur. The big banks had well-intentioned formal processes for risk management, but no one was really, genuinely accountable for the risks they took. Customer service Delegation Operations' And it is a general tendency.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Chief Financial Officer Delegation Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

As Andy Singleton, CEO at Assembla , explained to me, continuous deployment can be both cheaper and lower risk. It’s cheaper because of automation and because small development teams need less coordination and oversight. And the risk can be managed through a new kind of tool called “feature gates.”. Not necessarily.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Development Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

customers, competitors, suppliers, employees, regulators, partners, and so on) occur at the level of the operating unit, and if these interfaces are genuinely different between operating units, it makes sense to locate the corresponding tasks (e.g., If the sources of these opportunities and threats (e.g., Avoiding duplication.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Efficiency Mintzberg Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

To keep up, new standards, architectures, and infrastructures will have to develop at the same pace. Operations in a Connected World. For example, we recently hired an expert from the high-end watch industry to help us develop a program for customers in emerging markets. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Innovation 8

Innovation CAGR Diversity Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Are there peculiar features of African entrepreneurship we may consider relevant to big global debates on development and sustainability? One such bank has security companies, car lots, courier firms, trading concerns, educational businesses, a golf club, and other similar operations all welded together in an unwieldy yet profitable group.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Blockchain was originally developed as the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Given the promise and peril of such a disruptive technology, many firms in the financial industry, from banks and insurers to audit and professional service firms, are investing in blockchain solutions. Is this the end of banking as we know it?

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

These lawsuits have been enabled in part by the efficient-market teaching that “in an open and developed securities market, the price of a company’s stock is determined by the available material information regarding the company and its business.” Economy Finance Risk management' Then there are the lawyers.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea. conflict in the Middle East or Africa renewing the migrant crisis in Europe.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8