Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

Erratic capital markets, systemic risk, tax policy, and regulatory uncertainty have all been offered as culprits, and all play their parts. As one bank CEO interviewed for our survey put it, "Our future competitors will not be traditional banks, but large technology companies.". Why aren't U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

Gone were the days where careers were routed through banks and mining companies. From Nokia to Blackberry, everyone is asking the graduate to come and develop on their platforms. Even World Bank has been influenced in this redesign — they sponsor technology events and task entrepreneurs to go and solve their own problems.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In a recently published paper in the Academy of Management Journal , we explore how major business corporations translate the grand challenge of climate change into strategies, policies, and practices over an extended period of time. Each of these five companies were at the leading edge of corporate engagement with this issue.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The unbanked pay four times more in fees to access their money than those with bank accounts, and they pay $4 higher fees per month for cash access on average than those with formal financial services. It can be difficult to transport and is inherently insecure. By FDIC estimates, 8.2% households are unbanked and 20.1%

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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. Cultural variations are important. Step 3: Evaluate results.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system. Currently, the annual expenditures for research and development (R&D) amount to 0.67% of Greece’s GDP. Or it can aim higher – by laying the groundwork for higher value-added goods production.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. Economist Ronald Coase proposed auctioning off segments of the electromagnetic spectrum in late 1950s, a policy idea that was later adopted in the 1990s. Here a few notable examples. This has all changed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

But, as climate policy expert Aimee Christensen pointed out to me, “the recent momentum going into Paris is primarily driven by the improving economics of action (e.g., And while the live negotiations are important, the key discussions, those within each country to decide what it could commit to, happened months ago.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policy making, corporate finance, and planning. But in 1904, after his first time seeing a car in Flint, Michigan, he was one of the first to see that the future was going to be in a radically new form of transportation powered by internal combustion engines.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

For instance, managing environmental impact is a very important element of business strategy for firms in the fossil fuel or transportation industries. SASB develops industry-by-industry accounting standards that identify the material ESG issues that could have financial implications. SASB uses the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

While these recent policy changes are important, they are unlikely to significantly alter the face of the Cuban economy. Cuba currently requires billions of dollars in investment in communication infrastructure, an update to its dilapidated transportation network, and significant capital inflows into key productive sectors.

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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. To start, the UN, in a parallel with the climate negotiations, released in September the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. The lead-up to Paris gave us a taste of what’s to come.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In financial services, for instance, these ways are the newest cashless payment methods or mobile banking products. In China, smartphones are prevalent among urban consumers and social media sites are used for everything from shopping for groceries to paying credit card bills to buying an insurance policy.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role. Once again, predictions of dire consequences preceded the move, and critiques of the implementation of the policy have followed since.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? Can you cut your commuting costs by using public transportation? At the end of your trial, revisit your budget or your banking statements to see how you did. For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. Dependable.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? ” Senor and Singer also cite immigration policy and a culture that tolerates risk-taking and failure as contributing to Israel’s startup success.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

loans from government banks at below market rates, preferential regulatory policies, low-priced commodities, or other inputs from other SOEs, and reduced rental rates for land). Existing WTO rules require all members to notify the WTO when they establish subsidies that favor domestic industries (e.g.,

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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. Some may learn about transport logistics risks such as not being able to send big ships down the Mississippi River because of drought.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to a recent article in the New York Times, Hillary Clinton plans to spend $250 billion to create a national infrastructure bank funded by increased corporate taxes. Providing policy incentives that encourage private investment has proven to be the far superior approach. But the U.S.’s has ever made.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Many workers have found, well into their careers, that their physical skills for making and transporting “things” are less relevant and valuable than the once were. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), our core measure of prosperity, was developed during the industrial age.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

If another trillion dollars is to be invested and the core purpose is to increase the competitiveness of employers and the quality of life of residents, then projects with a large benefit/cost ratio around transportation, energy, and water will likely be the focus. Would that have been a better proposal? I’m not persuaded.

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