Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The model can be a win-win as long as the two companies address different customer segments. A long-term financial investor (company A) and an industrial operator (company B) set up two joint ventures for an industrial asset: one that owns the asset, and another that operates the asset. Dual asymmetrical joint venture.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Exposed to foreign competition, many Chinese firms eschew long-term investments in innovation and instead focus on lowering costs in existing manufacturing activities. Simply because of its size, it commands attention in global negotiations on trade, finance, and the environment. China is obviously an important economic player.

Comparison 13

Comparison GDP Technology Outsourcing 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This is a high-octane, high-consequence, long-term date. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation. A complementary temperament. Different operational skills.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Fortunately, impact investors have the opportunity to think more creatively over the next decade, as long as they learn from past mistakes in microfinance. A long line of studies has been unable to conclusively prove the point for either side. The Working World, which provides loans to worker-owned cooperatives in the U.S.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Since the term was coined in 2007 , impact investing — the idea that private capital can be deployed to alleviate pressing social needs like access to clean water, affordable housing or preventative healthcare while returning a financial profit — has attracted significant public and media attention.

Commitment 9

Commitment Banking Class Entrepreneur 9

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. But rules affect profits and long-term sustainability. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

We need to think big and deploy disruptive technologies and financing mechanisms to house 100 million people by the end of the decade.". We also believe cooperation is necessary. Use green and renewable materials where possible, and think of long term project sustainability. Embrace both meanings of the word.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Transportation Cooper Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In short, it has, to a certain extent, become Europe’s hegemon , an ancient Greek term designating the dominant member of an alliance or confederation. Franco-German cooperation can still be a powerful magnetic force in the EU and a bilateral Franco-German bargain can often provide a template for a larger Union agreement.

Crisis 8

Crisis Politics Policies Resistance 8

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. Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Zaleznik chronicled how he saw American managers, influenced by the rising popularity of the human relations school, turn increasingly from the substantive work of organizations — creating products and services, cultivating markets, pleasing customers, cutting costs, and getting stuff done — to what he termed "psychopolitics."

Management 9

Management Cooper Short-term Long-term 9

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.

Globalization 15

Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Interviewers have a checklist to complete, so it is wise to cooperate and allow them to stay focused on that task," says Sullivan. Play the long game. Partnering with HR could have longer-term benefits. Brandis reports that Adam has been a "rock star" at work and has since been promoted to finance supervisor.

Sample 15

Sample Case Study Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 15

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.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8