Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A blanket policy that just tries to create another Silicon Valley can turn out to be a disaster. But these Main Street businesses employ a lot of Americans –as many as 57 million– and the policies they need are not the same as the ones required by startups. Most of these small businesses don’t actually have employees.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

These attacks are increasing in number, even as companies increase investments in security technologies, improve their capabilities, and tighten policies. Unfortunately, though, it's all too easy to grind your business to a halt with doctrinaire security policies.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank.

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

The CEOs of dozens of corporate giants  — including Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Citibank, Facebook, Google, IBM, Kellogg, Marriott, PwC, and Starbucks  — sent an open letter to the governor to defend “protections for LGBT people.” Many other issues could, and should, follow.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Morale Banking Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a surprise in early November, demonetizing 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. People up and down the income spectrum are dealing with changing cash withdrawal policies and empty ATMs.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Do you even have a "hardware anti-virus" policy at all? How much time do your security folks spend vetting the supply chain of your equipment for counterfeit machines that may be harbouring deadly worms within the actual micro-circuitry? What is the policy on "trusted networks"?

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Class Operations Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

The primary tool of China’s industrial policy is subsidies to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for key industries such as robotics, advanced computers, and electric vehicles. ” These subsidies build on years of Chinese state support for foundational industries like banks, oil, utilities, telecom, and construction.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

To better understand businesses’ financial preparation for and management of disasters, my colleagues and I partnered with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to survey firms in the New York area one year after Hurricane Sandy. Make public policy proactive, not reactive. Our data include about 950 businesses. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Earlier this year, they raised $325 million in the public markets and this month acquired BancABC , a bank with operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Governments want banks who will lend to businesses and homeowners,” Bob explains, “That’s what we intend to do. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

If that doesn’t work, they can use the stolen information for traditional identity theft, since medical information tends to include enough information to allow a criminal to open a credit card, bank account, or loan in the victim’s name. Protect supply chains.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Insurance Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The Bank of England will likely lower policy rates, or even adopt negative interest rates. The key questions are about the impact on your firm’s business model, operating model, EU institutional arrangements and financial structures, and performance. FTSE250) were indeed recorded in the first two sessions after the vote.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Those losses stemmed not from poor product, marketing, or supply chain decisions but from regulatory violations, loss of business and fines resulting from bribery and fraud, and concomitant reputational damage. The case is now languishing in the World Bank’s investment dispute court. You have to comply.

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

I first had them meet with an Israeli army signal corps general (who was in the midst of overseeing a military operation); then we headed to a beach to engage in team building and camouflage exercises with young Israelis preparing for elite military combat units. Focusing on scale-ups also matters when you talk to bankers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. Employees were better paid than the marketplace, thus forcing many to stay or not question policies.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57