Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. It still doesn't seem necessary to be a COO in order to take over as CEO, though.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Organizations that move into developing nations to help small technical businesses, must help those businesses manage their finances. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 27, 2014
has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. An American PhD student in computer science never even thinks about a career in the automobile industry — or, for that matter, other manufacturing-related fields.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR? Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). Ran Spiegler (with co-authors) has studied such strategies.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Economists and finance.
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