Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. “Culture” can sound like a catchall, a convenient way to place the blame outside the realm of policy, but I am talking about one specific dimension of culture: avoiding uncertainty.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Innovation Hofstede Bureaucracy 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Dickens Jr.

Brand 64

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 64

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. Short of any singing, dancing, and costume changes, this sequence could have been taken from Bollywood, a movie industry widely known for its fantastical flights of fancy. According to a Bloomberg report , banks were estimated to have received 14.97

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

China is now experiencing a middle income trap — losing their competitive edge in labor-intensive industries and not yet gaining new sources of growth from innovation. Official support and encouragement for disruptive businesses would allow innovators to create unusual and long-term value for their companies.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Entrepreneur Short-term Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

But today this malaise is most acute in the euro zone , where demand has been depressed due to counterproductive fiscal policies. The policy response to the global financial crisis exacerbated and entwined these trends still further. With fiscal remedies on the sidelines, monetary policy had to take up the slack.

GDP 8

GDP Bond Banking Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. ” So while businesses are major contributors to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, they are also presented as offering innovative ways to decarbonize our economies. We get back to core stuff.”

Goal 8

Goal Short-term Insurance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Short-term corporate behavior is a major problem in the 21 st century firm. Too many companies prioritize quarterly earnings over long-term innovation, human capital investment, and brand development, and many people believe short-term shareholders are to blame. Tim Evans for HBR.

Short-term 8

Short-term Intangible Assets Hedge Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Factors ranging from weak demand to bank consolidation have combined to hobble many small businesses  and if these factors arent addressed, they could continue to impede U.S. In short, the health of American small businesses depends significantly on credit. Banks remain relatively risk-averse amid the tepid recovery.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

But with robust growth rates and economies unburdened by legacy structures of the last century, Africans can innovate beyond what others are doing. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the most visible organization tasked with shepherding that inclusive innovative growth. Innovating away from past exclusion.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

To be sure, excessive austerity is bad macroeconomic policy. 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.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. If policymakers hope to be successful in their efforts to promote entrepreneurs and small businesses, they need to know what works – in short, they need a “Playbook” for small business job creation. Shift the focus to include small companies.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

However, the utilization rates for these policies were low, and they were often seen as incompatible with professional norms of success. Armed with this data, SSoM is now moving forward with a comprehensive program to integrate flexibility policies as a core element of the faculty advancement process.

Planning 8

Planning Policies Attrition Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images. Progress on resolving these issues will be slow and incremental.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The models concluded — in a sort of "divine coincidence," as the MIT economist Olivier Blanchard and a colleague quipped — that if central banks merely maintained steady, low inflation, they would achieve economic stability and the best growth possible. Nobody wants to limit long-term investment in plant and equipment.)

Finance 8

Finance Banking Crisis Blanchard 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

Strategic cash also can be used to finance long-term reinvestment programs in the business—which is especially valuable to companies in capital-intensive industries (e.g., Facilitate Investments. energy or telecom) or research-intensive industries (e.g., Arguments Against Strategic Cash. Earn a Low Return on Investment.

Company 13

Company Cost of Capital Finance Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. You can’t endorse a top-down authority structure and be serious about enhancing adaptability, innovation, or engagement. Most of us grew up in and around organizations that fit a common template. Power trickles down.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. You can’t endorse a top-down authority structure and be serious about enhancing adaptability, innovation, or engagement. Most of us grew up in and around organizations that fit a common template. Power trickles down.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

In July, General Mills — nobody’s idea of a radical company — expanded the pro-climate lobbying group BICEP beyond the usual suspects (Nike, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry’s) to add a distinctly mainstream voice to the call for policies like a price on carbon. Kellogg’s officially joined the group yesterday as well.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

But with his open letter to Cook, Icahn has let the public know once again that however much Apple buys back, he feels it has the current cash, borrowing capacity, and long-term profit prospects to do much, much more. Apple Economy Innovation' Apple is a company with phenomenal products and profits.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Hedge EPS Price 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2018

Advocates for rapid technology adoption often argue that humans are no better at explaining decisions than machines, and so we should table the question to accelerate innovation. It’s hard to measure and get feedback on long-term outcomes, but these known unknowns can be the most valuable for a system’s performance.

Compliance 8

Compliance Document System Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

They are dealing with the environment; successfully making the shift from an infrastructure state to a consumer society; becoming an innovative economy; having a positive impact on the world order; and finally, and perhaps most importantly, making the transition from Xi Jinping’s “Seven No’s” to a more sustainable political model.

Education 8

Education Politics Globalization Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

innovation system. In short, we need to better understand the contributions immigrants make as leaders in corporate America, as well as the paths they take to get there. in terms of being home to some of the world’s top universities. Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries.

Execution 8

Execution Training Education Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

For us, growth events mean simply concrete, directly observable achievements that foreshadow future success: for example, new customer contracts, initial export sales, new bank or equity financings, expanded production capacity, or expanded people platforms (e.g. strategic hires). day, scale-focused workshops and related activities.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Mentor Banking Self-aware 8

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. degrees Celsius , or even 2 degrees (the stated long-term goals). This year, the shorter-term investors (shorthand: “Wall Street”) started to join in. Wall Street wakes up.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

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. Aadhaar: The Base of the India Stack.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most of us spend most of our time chasing the immediate reward, the short-run "objective," the near-term "goal — in short, the expedient and the convenient. If youre here to "innovate" sugar water, then thinking in terms of orthodox buyers and suppliers might do the trick. And maybe its too busy.

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

For some tasks, it is desirable or necessary to have common rules across the operating units: policies, standards, methods, procedures, or systems. Think of compensation and benefits policies, product design standards, quality assurance methods, fraud reporting procedures, financial reporting systems, and the like.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Efficiency Mintzberg Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But let’s change what we’re asking: Which has the better potential to scale up and create long term value for customers, owners, investors, and employees? In fact, advanced payments may be just the kind of proof that banks or equity investors need to open their pocket books. Partner with procurement.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

It should come as no surprise, however, that as any innovative idea spreads, so do the misconceptions and mythology. If we’re to prevent the enthusiasm for entrepreneurial ecosystems from also fizzling out, we need to get a better grip on what the term really means. In fact, encouraging startups may be bad policy.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 9

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.” Activists aside, the need to refocus the economy on long-term productivity is real.

Hedge 8

Hedge Finance Short-term Document 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. ” Senor and Singer also cite immigration policy and a culture that tolerates risk-taking and failure as contributing to Israel’s startup success. That’s the good news.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Walmart wants customers to know them for low prices, Singapore Airlines customers know them for customer connectivity, Apple customers perceive innovation and Fed Ex customers expect speed. We completed the project after making significant changes in their policies and leadership practices.

Ulrich 52

Ulrich Leadership Diversity Audience 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Political sentiment has turned against globalization and the political and economic policies that promoted it. As this mood is translated into policy, the structural advantages of multinational corporations are coming under threat from five main sources. They must now pay far more attention to innovation and politics.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. This short paper outlines how climate is “already costing local economies billions” and describes how hundreds of billions of property are at risk.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

presidency and the policies of high real interest rates and lower taxes on “unearned” (capital) income, income inequality in the United States jumped and then kept on rising throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, before eventually plateauing at a very high level in the naughts. Which leaves us with economic policy.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Policies Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Many invested heavily in renewable energy (see number five on this list), and some big companies dove into policy debates this year. Many banks heeded the advice, pulling funding from coal.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

So while two of the three judges (the Clinton appointees) agreed that the FCC had the right to regulate broadband providers’ relationships with content providers (the FCC term is “edge providers”) even if it classified broadband as an information service, they didn’t think the agency had done it correctly up to now.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Open-book Content Information 8