Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

In the second , Wall Street is capturing value rather than creating it; as economist Tyler Cowen once put it : “It’s as if the major banks have tapped a hole in the social till and they are drinking from it with a straw.” ” Both stories contain some truth, as a forthcoming study of activist hedge funds demonstrates.

Hedge 8

Hedge Finance Short-term Document 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

In fact, new research shows that a substantial part of the growth in this wage gap can be attributed to computer technology. Instead, new computer technologies require major new skills. New computer programs, some using artificial intelligence , are taking over tasks for bookkeepers, bank tellers, clerks, and others.

Policies 8

Policies Technology Hedge Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments. These attacks can be devastating.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“Everyone who has worked with American management can testify that the need to satisfy the pension fund manager’s quest for higher earnings next quarter, together with the panicky fear of the raider, constantly pushes top managements toward decisions they know to be costly, if not suicidal, mistakes,” he wrote.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The horrible irony: The very detail-oriented systems (and people) Dimon had put in place had obscured rather than surfaced his bank's horrible hedge. If Dimon had seen those positions — naked and unsummarized — back then, could his bank have saved itself and its CEO a lot of money and embarrassment?

Micromanagement 15

Micromanagement Document Telecommunications Software 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. BancAlliance, a consortium of community banks, has partnered with Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Starbucks stopped accepting the Square payment system in late 2014.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Regarding the latter, we point to some well-documented and broadly perceived shifts in the geography, demography, and technology of global economic activity. Soros was by then known as "the man who broke the Bank of England" because he had reputedly made more than a billion dollars speculating against the pound in 1992.

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I recently participated in a spirited panel discussion with Bruce Brown, Procter & Gamble's Chief Technology Officer, and Erich Joachimsthaler, Vivaldi Partners' managing director and CEO. After all, the World Bank estimates that the number of middle class consumers in emerging markets will jump from 420 million today to more than 1.2

Marketing 12

Marketing Hedge Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

They might impersonate a bank, saying, “Hey, I know you’re about to go and get an operation, don’t forget to transfer some money by clicking here,” or whatever. And then you think, “Well, they know I’m having an operation tomorrow, so they must be a legitimate bank.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Hedge Banking Training 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. But first they need to get management of a company to change the existing strategy. Then it wasn’t.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

He reasoned that if marketers worked on maximizing return on sales, production managers were rewarded for the sales they squeezed out of their physical plant, and finance managers focused on minimizing the amount of equity capital they needed, ROE would take care of itself. Then banking regulations were imposed.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., In his tenure as McKinsey's worldwide managing director, Gupta displayed macher-like ambition not just for himself but even more so for his firm.

McKinsey 13

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about. So here’s the money management industry. Private equity or hedge funds through the ‘80s and the ‘90s, exactly the same story.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

CO2

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Because growth is unpredictable, it’s unwise to bank on a certain set of assumptions. Externally, examine societal trends, political implications, technological advancements, and competitive forces. It’s better to explore many possible outcomes, barriers, and opportunities, and pre-decide how to act should key assumptions come to pass.

Strategic Planning 78

Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Mission Statement 78