Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Elected in 1836, by the time Van Buren assumed office in March 1837 a speculative bubble had burst and a banking crisis was at hand (sound familiar?) -- the national mood had turned south and the "Panic of 1837" followed. The depression worsened as Van Buren continued Andrew Jackson's economic policies. Life savings were wiped out.

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Banking eBook Porter Leadership 90

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Policy makers have recognized as much, and in recent years the U.S. The Bank of England’s Mark Carney has also been stressing the importance of addressing these issues. This optimistic claim represents a restatement of the original Porter hypothesis, and there is empirical evidence to support it.

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Company Porter Forrester Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. In early 1990s, most new African banks used information technology as a SWATS tool to break the monopolies established during the colonial era. The new banks outflanked the old ones by offering superior customer service.

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Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

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Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances.

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GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

And the seven policy changes Stew Friedman recommends would benefit all working Americans. 7 Policy Changes America Needs So People Can Work and Have Kids. We also found seven other reasons Africa’s economy might leapfrog the economies of more developed nations. Imagine a Future Where Africa Leapfrogs Developed Economies.

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Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 18

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Scaling Up Manizales ( Manizales-Más in Spanish), an economic development coalition of local institutions and the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Platform (BEEP), which I created and lead, was launched in 2012 with the ambitious aim of revolutionizing the pursuit of opportunity. strategic hires).

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Entrepreneur Mentor Banking Self-aware 8