Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

By Bonnie Marcus This past week I had the opportunity to not only attend the MA Conference for Women, but also to participate in a leadership panel about women and corporate board positions. In fact, companies with more female representation, outperform companies don’t have women.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Add in more diverse identities and the disparity becomes even more apparent. According to the International Labor Organization , the global labor force participation rate for women stands at 47 percent. Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation involve a diverse workforce as well.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

A 2016 report from the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity estimates that 30 percent of young adults will not graduate from secondary school with the skills they need to hold most jobs in the digital world. A growing number of business leaders see the value of upskilling, but there’s much to be done.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2016

Begin by reaching out to diverse members of your ecosystem, include them in a co-creation process from the outset, and prioritize the growth of that ecosystem as you cultivate the growth of the initiative itself – a process which one of us detailed in a previous article. Ask participants to commit something toward the initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

The answer depends on the students participating in MOOCs. Though a few studies from Harvard , MIT , and the University of Pennsylvania have examined MOOC participants, none to date have focused specifically on those taking business classes. Are these fears well founded? Our data suggest that this is not the case.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It can also help you encounter diverse perspectives, develop your empathy, find areas of growth, improve your people skills, and make you a more balanced individual overall. Global Experience For many of us, the value of experience outweighs anything that money and success can provide.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

I recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Economist Corporate Network in Singapore about innovation in Asia. That latter figure would constitute about 60% of global middle class spending (compared to 20% in 2009). A recent OECD study projected that spending by Asian middle class consumers will have grown from $4.9

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

I learned about it from years of active participation on the social web. Social networks also contain experts, but their expertise is not gained through some set of courses but rather through participation and putting value into a social system. This is the new, emerging model of influence. Credibility.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The event, geared toward students (from HBS and elsewhere), was sober about the challenges facing the continent, and it was stuffed with speakers and participants who are trying to turn it around. In the weeks to come, we will present several passionate and diverse voices we encountered at the event.

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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 such a market there will be tremendous rewards for market participants that can provide a differentiated service.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

To us, the message is clear: For businesses to survive and succeed in today’s globalized, hyper-connected world, business leaders must be willing to embrace collaboration as a guiding principle, more so than competition. Apollo Hospitals focuses on medical service delivery through a geographically diverse network of CSCs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Participation in money laundering that helps drug smugglers or terrorists. CEO Jamie Dimon consistently espouses the virtues of size and diversity. Deceptive communication within the company and to the board. Flawed mortgage origination, loan modification and debt collection practices. Manipulation of energy markets.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

It became possible in some sectors to do business from anywhere, and large firms became globally mobile. The ensuing waves of globalization and technological progress brought great benefits to American firms and consumers. These cross-sector collaborations are diverse in nature, and often are responses to specific local conditions.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The index includes factors such as the educational infrastructure in each country, their ability to provide finance to entrepreneurs, the legal framework around business creation and development, and general ease of doing business common across both indices. No lack of talent.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In today’s global economy, one size fits all leadership styles are simply disasters in the making…It’s essential to understand that what works in China will be different than what works in Ireland. The comparrisons you chose to use perfectly illustrate the diversity of styles/traits/characteristics representatitive of great leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Democrats are less pessimistic about the economy: 10% of Democrats expect a global economic slowdown in the next three years, compared to 18% of Republicans. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance.

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