Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

And you probably won’t even know you’ve been affected until it’s too late to prevent significant damage to your company’s finances, operations, and reputation. These attacks can bring mission-critical transactional systems in finance, retail, and other industries grinding to a halt, seriously impacting operations.

Content 8

Content Industry Finance Report 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Without theory to tell us how the rules are changing, many tools of management and finance seem to break down. And many investors intuitively recognize this innovation as a new-market disruption that could unleash a wave of creativity in product design and revolutions in the manufacturing, retail, and software industries.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Then there''s JC Penney, where Ackman''s push to remake the retailer under the leadership of former Apple Stores chief Ron Johnson has ended in red ink and recriminations. Boards Competition Finance' It is of course a bit disturbing to see that five years is now considered the "long term."

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

This is often the reason why thoughtful quantitative analysis that incorporates macro-economic trends, market share, competitive strategies, retail analysis and technological assessments so often misses the mark. Remember also that that most macroeconomic and corporate financial data provide only a snapshot on where things have been.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. Pension funds differ from mutual funds or index funds, which differ from retail. The potential for a true alliance fizzled as the battle was joined.

CEO 8

CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Retailers make 70% of their earnings in the fourth quarter of each year.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. Hayon Thapaliya for HBR. She’s usually in the office from 9am to 5pm, but at home, when her three children go to sleep, she’ll work another four hours, not closing her laptop until midnight. She sometimes also works on weekends.

Stress 15

Stress Long-term Report Motivation 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2017

Most of this work is handled online, where you will browse websites like AliExpress and other wholesale retailers. Jobs that don’t relate to finance would slowly disappear, leaving not much else for those who don’t want to work with money. If you’re already running a business, you probably understand the importation process.

Restructuring 50

Restructuring Course Retail Banking 50