N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hence, by harmonizing various revenue-focused functions, a CRO plays a pivotal role in amplifying a company’s profitability and long-term commercial success. A CRO must possess a diverse skill set to deliver on various responsibilities, from revenue growth management to strategic initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. To analyze the superstar dynamics of firms, our metric was economic profit, a measure of a firm’s profit above and beyond opportunity cost. (To Apexphotos/Getty Images.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I believe it was Cyrus the Great who said “diversity in counsel, unity in command” meaning that good leaders seek the counsel of others, but maintain command control over the final decision. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input. What would happen if no decision is made?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. We assume that these individuals would have been attracted to a directorship at a larger, neighboring company.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

They also generate $1 trillion as consumers and $361 billion in revenue as entrepreneurs, launching companies at 4x the rate of all woman-owned businesses. Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And what factors helped or hindered advancement in their organization?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Robinson recently received its World Finance Sustainability Awards 2022. As the scale and scope of our company have expanded over the years, so has our focus on taking meaningful steps to improve the world in which we live. A critical component of the DEI strategy is our commitment to measurement and metrics. The HR Digest: C.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. Add in more diverse identities and the disparity becomes even more apparent. percent of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

A recent study in the UK, for instance, shows that 3 out of 4 judges, 2 out of 3 doctors, 3 out of 4 finance directors, and 1 out of 2 chief executives come from fairly well-off families. Companies truly interested in hiring people from diverse backgrounds must abandon the conventional practice of filtering by résumé.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Success demands a far more diverse set of experiences and skills.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments. Today, as the power of data and analytics profoundly alters the business landscape, companies once again may need more top-management muscle. Six top-team tasks. Mobilizing resources. Building frontline capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

They are finding creative — and in many cases disruptive — ways to tackle some of society's toughest problems and create long-term value for their companies as well. Dawn Baker at Dow is revamping leadership development offerings to ensure they mesh with their company's sustainability objectives. Some are recent graduates.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

To avoid this, some companies establish a Strategic Deal Profile — guidelines and parameters that its sales force can use in conversations with actual customers — and make it part of selling behaviors through performance management practices. Any deal affects a company’s economics and valuation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

With our cotton farmers in Xinjiang, we changed many of the unfair trade practices and now aim for more than just fair trade by promoting higher cotton yields and quality through assistance in cotton research, farming techniques, and access to micro-finance.

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Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. Yet, only 30 percent of companies believe they understand their customers’ needs well enough to identify what initiatives will drive growth.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

On the other hand, the metrics of 21st century female professional and economic empowerment have become a tide. Since men naturally produce ten times as much testosterone as women, it's being suggested that a more gender-balanced financial workforce could be stabilizing for firms and for the system as a whole.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Fueled by growing demand among entrepreneurs, investors , and consumers , a specialized ecosystem of support has also been emerging around for-benefits, providing tailored legal services , capital markets , management education , technical assistance , performance metrics , and more. that other enterprises then draw upon.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

They have become such a deeply entrenched part of life at top schools that these companies and their recruiting practices have been referred by students and administrators as “the deluge,” “the onslaught,” and even “the path of least resistance.” But what does this really mean in practice?

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EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

There are over two thousand consumer-focused subscription businesses capitalizing upon customers’ diverse tastes. went public in June, then saw its stock price fall 70%, making it the worst performing IPO of a major company so far in 2017. For example, Blue Apron rose to become the largest meal kit delivery business in the U.S.,

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IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. GE might be first to capitalize on this.

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Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

the same pay mix, metrics, plan type, and payout curve in every country) is beneficial : “A global plan aligns with the needs of global customers and creates uniformly effective and fair compensation. Diversity makes a global sales incentive plan impractical and dangerous.” Consider three approaches that can work.

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Globalization System Incentives Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

That’s just the beginning of the confusion—even if you accepted that such diverse investments should all be grouped into one category, how do you even measure and compare impact anyway? Faced with this uncertainty, most investors have chosen one of three options.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Express Writers The content that they offer explains in detail, yet very simple to read and understand, the tactics and strategies required for companies to succeed at content marketing. Some companies haven’t used an agency because they believe no one knows their product and the reason for operating in their space as well as they do.

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