Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

This is where the July 2012 memorandum of understanding between Greece and the Troika (the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and the European Commission) failed miserably; the previous government, much like Syriza, wanted to preserve the status quo. The record on economic policy-making is equally disappointing.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

That’s why P&G has been restructuring for 20 years “ without much to show for it ,” according to one former finance manager. By March 2016, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi had invested in some 55 startups, generating products from power banks to air purifiers.

Brand 9

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Ask someone to name the demands that activist hedge funds make of companies and they’ll likely list corporate governance issues like board changes and executive compensation, or perhaps some form of restructuring. Third, we found that management responded to immaterial issues to divert attention away from material ones.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Advertising Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As a consequence, public firms often have access to many different credit facilities and financing options that private companies do not enjoy. The company will also need to hire an investment bank to handle the underwriting of the deal. They also have a patina of legitimacy and transparency that private companies lack.

IPO 62

IPO Real Estate Cost Company 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. By contrast, World Bank data suggests that the average holding period in 2015 for public company shares globally was just over seven months.

CEO 8

CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Usually you work out a repayment schedule with your creditors via a restructuring process. Henceforth these were the people's debts, issued by a national bank, the Bank of England — in return for the privilege of producing its own banknotes — on behalf of the people, to their elected rulers.

Company 15

Company Banking Restructuring Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Usually you work out a repayment schedule with your creditors via a restructuring process. Henceforth these were the people's debts, issued by a national bank, the Bank of England — in return for the privilege of producing its own banknotes — on behalf of the people, to their elected rulers.

Company 8

Company Banking Restructuring Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

This segregation isn’t only about hard skills like coding, argues Bloom, pointing to a paper by Christina Håkanson of the Swedish National Bank and her colleagues. economy — especially software-intensive sectors such as media, professional services, and finance — tend to be highly profitable as well.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2017

Some companies, which trade throughout Europe and the UK, will have to restructure their companies to suit new laws. The country’s laws and rules would change to favour banking institutions over other types of business. For the UK, it could become much harder for businesses to get their hands on a wide variety of goods.

Restructuring 50

Restructuring Course Retail Banking 50