Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

But this was not the first time its policies were violated. Apple and Google, for example, each control a popular mobile phone operating system platform (and key apps on that platform), Amazon controls the largest online merchant platform, and Facebook controls the largest social network platform. Nor is it likely to be the last.

Company 11

Company Advertising Incentives Engineering 11

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

A sound economy, a booming stock market, and huge business tax cuts, the story goes, have convinced CEOs of companies flush with cash to distribute some of it to front-line employees. There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. to $15 per hour.

Definition 8

Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Clean energy can provide a hedge against rising and more volatile electricity prices. In a recent, high-profile example, HP announced in July that it will power all of its Texas data centers with wind energy for 12 years while lowering its operating costs. There’s never been more choice for renewable electricity.

Energy 8

Energy Globalization Hedge Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market. Take Rohit Kumar, the principal and leader of National Tax Policy Services at PWC, where Adam works. For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating.

Skills 15

Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

What makes this case of corporate accountability so important is that it is a discretionary matter of "private ordering" under JP Morgan risk management policies, not under a mandatory rule contained in Dodd-Frank. They could be appropriate for Dimon, but so could a compensation action about future variable comp.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

A lot of businesses have pursued social responsibility more out of their marketing departments or as some sort of charitable donation. Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Based on his campaign, Trump’s policies are directionally clear: Reduce personal and corporate taxation, invest in infrastructure, repeal the Affordable Care Act, tighten up on illegal immigration, strengthen law enforcement, and take a tougher stance on trade policy. So what are those implications, exactly? Invest in Resilience.

Strategy 10

Strategy Uncertainty Long-term Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

In speeches on July 13 and July 24, front-runner Hillary Clinton first outlined and then elaborated upon her policy agenda for combating what she calls “quarterly capitalism.” Capital markets work best when information is promptly and widely available to all.

Proposal 8

Proposal Hedge Safe Harbor Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

And some companies with employee majority-owned stock programs, such as Publix Super Markets and outerwear maker W.L. The social impact funds want to support it for social reasons, whereas hedge funds and others are recognizing that the superior resiliency and performance of worker-owned firms can improve their returns.

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ESOP Company Cooper IAM 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9