Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The two major parties seem to finally realize that this is our last chance and that if they do not put aside their micro-party priorities and constraints and share the responsibility for the tough decisions that need to be taken, they will cut poor figures in the history books of the next generation. But there is very little margin for error.

Crisis 14

Crisis GDP Consensus Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Interference by elected officials — from imposition of local economic development obligations to excessive constraints on head count and compensation that impede recruitment of talented staff — has contributed to poor investment choices, higher total costs, diminished organizations, and disappointing performance at some institutions.

Politics 8

Politics Hedge Constraint Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

But when leaders take this conservative growth approach even when there is reasonable certainty of success and available financing, they undersize their sales forces and forfeit opportunity. Do analysis that focuses on customers, not financial constraints. As a result, they sacrifice long-term profitability.

Company 8

Company Short-term Long-term Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Companies can be divided into two types , in terms of how they approach hiring and compensation: organizational oriented and market oriented. The shorter-term orientation discourages employers from bearing risks on behalf of their workers and encourages them to use employment practices that lower direct costs and increase flexibility.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

But like the terms "strategy" and "business model," the word "entrepreneurship" is elastic. Entrepreneurs often perceive a short window of opportunity. Beyond resources controlled" implies resource constraints. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

CIOs accountability, on the other hand, stops short of information stewardship and instead focuses only on technology stewardship, an intermediate step. In financial terms, irresponsible creation and storage of information is like taking on unsecured, uncontrolled debt. That''s a lot of money for digging through old e-mail.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

As we saw again this quarter, earnings announcements can have significant impacts on stock valuations—at least over the short term. FD) constraints. Flexibility in Communications: Providing guidance also gives CFOs more leeway to discuss their company's outlook between earnings announcements.

CFO 11

CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. See More Videos > See More Videos > To elaborate, a company’s intrinsic equity value reflects the long-term cash flows that shareholders expect to receive over time, discounted at the appropriate risk-adjusted cost of equity capital.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

“Collaboration” is a term that’s been in vogue recently, but the best Valley companies make it happen by investing in an environment that fosters collaboration. Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

There is strong bipartisan consensus that our current level of health care spending does not deliver sufficient value in terms of individual or population health. These efforts have addressed the infrastructure, processes, and financing (e.g., Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality. Fix the Handful of U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Insurance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. About three-fourths of short-term acute-care hospitals lost money treating Medicare patients in 2016, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an independent agency established to advise the U.S. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

Cost 8

Cost Consensus Budgeting System 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. In this category, we primarily looked at three subcategories: inputs (financing options, talent retention, startup capacity), process (how sophisticated are firms’ business processes, and what’s the level of R&D?), Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would suggest that rather than seeking what cannot in most cases ever be achieved, that it makes more sense to seek the highest standard of quality that can be delivered in the shortest period of time, and that is economically balanced relative to the constraints of an ever shifting marketplace. Have you seen any trends there?

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 419

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The cost of doing business — and especially the cost of local production — would go up, and budget-busting government spending increases would erode long-term business confidence despite short-term stimulus.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9