Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. And how can companies benchmark themselves against competitors? First, digital assets.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

According to the International Labor Organization , the global labor force participation rate for women stands at 47 percent. Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. Adapt to these changing trends and standards accordingly.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

When a market is operating so far below its financial potential, the reason is usually that supply models do not meet the buying criteria of the market — and existing building energy retrofits are no exception. Addressing energy use in existing large commercial buildings has proven notoriously difficult.

NPV 8

NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Adding a chief marketing officer (CMO) became crucial as new channels and media raised the complexity of brand building, while Chief strategy officers (CSOs) joined top teams to help grapple with complex and fast-changing global markets. Defining a data-analytics strategy.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Profits that are received at some future point are discounted by the real cost of finance and any appropriate risk premium. Now, let's assume that Egypt's political instability will be short-lived so that, after a one-time impact to the current year's profits, operations will resume on a steady new path. Vinod K.

NPV 13

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Financial performance. Has this company exemplified strategic transformation?

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

opened in 1959 and is still operating. Incubators are now a global phenomenon, and there isn''t a major city in the world where an incubator isn''t cropping up. Over 99% of companies should operate as organically grown, self-sustaining businesses — bootstrapped, without external financing. Most of them fail.

Incubator 15

Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. After all, since the 1990s, the sustainability sector has grown rapidly, though at around $1 billion in annual revenues globally it is no giant. So why recall it now?

TBL 9

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. Today, this thesis is less relevant. American VCs are critical.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 8