Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. Consider, for example, the way many credit cards are marketed.

IAM 10

IAM Productivity Products Company 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

They enable both the buyer and supplier to improve their working capital by making it possible for the former to extend its payables and at the same time accelerate payment to the latter. The use of FinTechs allows suppliers to access funding at the multinationals firm’s lower cost of capital.).

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Cost of Capital Transportation Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It's a common assumption that offering more features or developing high-quality products and services is expensive, and that the products of these labors can command premiums. In Italy, as in the rest of Europe, the up-market restaurant business is a tough one. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

Quality 13

Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

Books 13

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

These card networks were allowed to charge their members just enough to cover cost and provide working capital. That standard may then become a platform for many firms that produce complementary products and their customers. For more on this, read Dee Hock’s book about starting up the Visa network.). Insight Center.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers. For example, a new venture might employ a new business model for an innovative product.

Definition 9

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

Financial markets are not working for charities and social enterprises today. As a result, charities and social enterprises do not have the cushion of external financing to manage their various capital requirements. Like any small business, they need working capital to balance out the peaks and troughs of their business cycle.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Due Diligence Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Pearson, the educational publisher, measures the efficacy of its products to improve educational outcomes. Making PbR Work. Consider these examples: Education.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Beyond the humiliating difficulties for millions of impoverished individual women trying to improve themselves and support their families, this is a global issue with significant consequences for the economies of developing countries.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. The Main Street business owner needs a different kind of capital from the high-tech entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. It’s stated mission is to “focus on the development of infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia.” billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the firms we identified as focused on the long term, average revenue and earnings growth were 47% and 36% higher, respectively, by 2014, and market capitalization grew faster as well. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index. public market capitalization over this period.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

Revenues have stagnated over the last few years, in part because Adam has no ambition to expand into other countries despite the relatively small size of his current market. He is now pursuing grant funding, which he believes will address these issues and will enable his business to expand its product lines. Or keep margins healthy?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Business Model Long-term Goal 8