N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Team building basics are often overlooked by ineffective leaders or unproductive companies. I have found that highly productive executives and companies clearly understand the value, leverage, efficiency, and economies of scale that are generated by assembling highly focused, motivated, and productive teams.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

Last year Facebook became the second largest e-commerce company in Africa after Jumia, the industry leader. But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations.

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Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

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Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. But on the other hand, in order to safeguard the company’s future competitiveness, CEOs may have no other choice than to invest now.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Still others hope to create market barriers for global companies — a form of digital protectionism. The draft bill has generated much debate, including some concern from global technology giants as well as Nasscom, India’s IT industry body. India’s finance ministry has proposed such an approach to the central bank.

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Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs. ” What Peltz suggested is exactly what Xiaomi is already doing.

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Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before. CROs are deeply familiar with the troves of risk data, such as payment habits and internal credit scores, that their companies keep.

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Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

At that time, industries were mostly self-contained within countries, allowing Japan to cultivate internationally competitive companies through targeted investment and trade barriers. In short, Japan enjoyed asymmetric openness — access to foreign technology and export markets but protection from foreign competition.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

A transport company like TNT is a typical beneficiary of globalization. But we got returns on our investment as well: Our employees were proud of the company and eager to participate; the disaster areas provided some of the best training on how to solve complex dilemmas; and of course the reputation of the company improved tremendously.

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Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In industry after industry, companies have gone global with something approaching abandon, often with little regard for the local communities that gave them life.). It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

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Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In industry after industry, companies have gone global with something approaching abandon, often with little regard for the local communities that gave them life.). It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

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Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

The recent history of Uber reads like a Shakespearean tragedy, and there are plenty of opinions about where the company went wrong and what it needs to do going forward. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies. This equated to an average of more than 8.5

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Testifying unhappily before America’s Congress, Volkswagen of America CEO Michael Horn adamantly and defiantly identified the true authors of his company’s disastrous “ defeat device ” deception: “This was not a corporate decision. Indeed, world-class companies will go outside for inspiration and insight.

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Engineering Management Software Review 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For instance, company-wide variables, such as culture and engagement , play a big role in determining the fate of organizations, so why should we pay CEOs so highly and obsess over which ones are the best ? First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization.

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CEO Drucker Peer Review Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This decision may be the most important of the your company's entire history. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Of course, this is the ideal description of any person at your company. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2011.

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How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Looking forward toward the next decade and beyond, we are seeing countries increasingly prize sovereignty over multilateralism, national interests over international cooperation, and local constituencies over global populations. In short, the tide of globalization washing across boundaries for so long has reached a peak and is receding.

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Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. What should countries and companies do if we are right and the challenge this time around is a serious one?

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Just last month, a self-organized team from another Indian company, Mahindra and Mahindra , (M&M) won the corporate award for our own $300 House Open Design Challenge (with the help of Jovoto.com and prize sponsor Ingersoll Rand, we hosted a global online contest to raise interest in design for the poor.

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Supply Chain Transportation Cooper Globalization 11

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In order to adapt to a climate charged by automation, market shifts, and globalization, companies need to evolve to meet changing priorities and conditions. It’s no longer the domain of tech companies, as industries from manufacturing to finance are entering a tech-driven phase. It’s the essence of agility.

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Agility Process Management McKinsey 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. imports of goods made in China by companies that benefited from $7.3 and Chinese companies are competing for business.

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GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8