Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. The survey also found that 80% of employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise.

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

My perspective and approach to misconduct risk are influenced by my work as a bank supervisor, and by my background and training as an economist. In my view, bank supervision must include attention to the culture at financial firms, not just to their financial safety and soundness.

Company 12

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Recently, the CEO of Deutsche Bank predicted that half of its 97,000 employees could be replaced by robots. One survey revealed that “39% of jobs in the legal sector could be automated in the next 10 years. It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs.

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

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. Step 2: Measure operating environment.

Strategy 8

Strategy Operations Policies Environment 8

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

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

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

London's Daily Mail likewise derided the banking giant for " tak[ing] the sexiness out of the City." These turn out to be exactly the issues CWLP survey respondents (1,000+ male and female college graduates working in the U.S. As a result, a lot of up-and-comers badly in need of grooming guidance simply won't get it.

EPS 15

EPS Banking Handbook Micromanagement 15

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. And as we describe in a recent HBS Working Paper , gaps remain in traditional bank credit supply. job growth and economic security. small businesses.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

I explored the BYO movement, looking at official policies and real-life practices for BYOD (bring your own device), BYOPC (bring your own computer) and BYOA (bring your own application, including using the public cloud). But at the customer-facing edge of the organization, my surveys show that conditions are different.

Trends 8

Trends Telecommunications Survey Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

A World Bank study tells us that the cost of land in Dhaka, where hundreds of thousands of garment workers live, is comparable to suburban New York. Yet companies apply the same supply chain labor policies in both countries. It’s imperative that brands operating in Bangladesh join collaborations like these.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The essence of the phenomenon is the fact that each stage in the supply chain plans its capital projects and operations, including inventory levels, based on its future expectations. Senate Banking Committee to save his competitors. automobile industry. The China-Sparked Crisis. For example , U.S. For example , U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Our survey found that the vast majority (83%) of these companies have suffered significant losses since 2010. Leaders rate the importance of maintaining a sterling reputation in the countries in which they operate 10 times higher than do laggards — the greatest variance we found. Which are the most costly? You have to comply.

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In a downbeat tone the manager of a fast-growing healthcare provider rattled off a list of reasons that her company was turning into a numbers-driven organization: Industry regulations required it, Medicare reimbursement policies required it, and delivering specialized services required yet another form of quantitative analysis.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Strategy Telecommunications Software 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

In a recent Forrester survey of 100 customer experience professionals, nearly half of respondents said that their executive team''s strategy for customer experience is market differentiation. Not surprisingly, it wound up with a bank that looks like an Apple store. "Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field.

Innovation 8

Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For policy-making purposes economists assume that all businesses act rationally in the pursuit of profits. In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”).

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For policy-making purposes economists assume that all businesses act rationally in the pursuit of profits. In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”).

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

He wants to attract intelligent investors who desire a long-term investment in a business they can understand and follows policies they support. Gain accounting advantage : Buffett reports on the performance of his operating businesses by grouping them according to similar balance sheet and income statement characteristics.

Letter 15

Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

A few days later the researchers surveyed all campus employees, asking about their use of the website, their job satisfaction, and their job search intentions. My colleague Tomasz Obloj, of HEC Paris, and I recently examined the effects of an awards program implemented at a European bank selling small consumer loans.

Comparison 8

Comparison Incentives Outsourcing Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

But these claims are very rarely backed up by large-scale evidence, and often driven by a misunderstanding of how buybacks actually operate. A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.”

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Intangible Assets Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

“Asia pivot” policy: Americans think of international relations like a movie, imagining that we can hit the pause button when we need to and then push play when we want to return. led World Bank ($2223.2 billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8 This new bank raises many questions.

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

’ What they’re really selling: Banking. Banks buy money wholesale and sell it to borrowers at retail rates. Banks are now trying to compete with financial planners and investment banking houses. ’ What they’re really selling: Small business banking services. We Earn It. Smith Barney.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

As the CEO of a British bank confided at last year’s World Economic Forum, “We all know it’s important to be empathic, but how do I galvanize 48,000 people in my UK operations — most of whom think that empathy is for wimps?” All surveys were conducted online.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Media Sample Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2017

” I spent the next four years studying development economics at Harvard, designing a special major to focus on African development, and later working at the World Bank to further understand the problem of poverty and how to fix it. My conclusion after all this time isn’t so novel.

Power 8

Power Health Care Comparison Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

He points out that the recently launched high-profile data journalism outlets are using common data sets from established sources, such as government statistics and surveys from polling companies, rather than making an effort to find or generate their own data.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. While after a period of policy adjustments and re-negotiation, much of the relationship with the EU may well remain intact, the endgame is uncertain — and there is a wide gap separating the worst and the best-case scenarios.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

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. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Congressional Hearings.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

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

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea. When it comes to Brazil, the economy is picking up.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

That’s one of the questions we asked ourselves as we conducted a survey of directors of public and private companies headquartered in the United States. More than 4,000 board members of companies headquartered in 60 countries responded to the survey. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8