HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets.

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Your upcoming leaders will need to understand how to do business internationally – international laws and regulations for doing business in various countries, cultural differences, the ability to gauge the market overseas including identifying market for product or services and the competition, developing overseas offices, leading virtually, etc.

Case Study 228

Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is no coincidence that this upheaval in the Chinese solar industry is occurring at a time when the central government''s subsidies that had financed the industry''s explosive expansion have declined even as problems in the global solar-panel market have soared. imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5%

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

I heard him say in real time many of the things he repeats in the book: "This philosophy of treating the customer as a hapless victim to be exploited was endemic in American corporations, and it cost us dearly" or "Is profit an integral part of the business equation and a God-given right, no matter how compromised the product or service?

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription version of its key product line, Creative Suite, causing its net income to plummet by almost 35% percent the following year. Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

After that the Bush administration and a Republican-majority Congress decided in 2001 to effectively set paygo aside. The then-sainted Alan Greenspan had given them ample cover, by expressing concerns that surpluses might eventually kill the bond market. In 2010, Congress voted to extend the 2001 cuts for two years.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Bond Committee Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

According to data from Yahoo finance, company’s market cap exceeds that of Toyota, BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Tesla, and Daimler combined. ” when Ron Johnson began rolling out Apple Stores in 2001. Apple’s cash hoard currently tops $175 billion. So put aside its brand equity.

Automotive 8

Automotive Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

vision of financial world order; as Time magazine reported, he was "bursting with hubris over its booming equity markets and its just-announced 5.6% Mahathir stood his ground, not just at Davos but in the financial markets, by refusing the IMF's aid, reducing Malaysia's interest rates, and restricting currency trading.

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

stock exchanges has declined by almost 50% from its peak in 1996, despite dramatic increase in aggregate market capitalization. They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers.

IPO 9

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. public market capitalization over this period.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

The result, at least in developed nations, is a highly unequal corporate landscape, where some firms are incredibly productive and the amount of money a person makes is tied to the company they work for, not just the job that they do. And this growing productivity gap shows up within industries, not just between them.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. CEOs from rival firms); conversely not all inside CEOs have it (CEOs promoted from finance). The distinction between current profits and market value is important because market value takes into account future profits, so in principle it captures the long-run returns to R&D.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. This trend has triggered significant interest in reshoring production to and sourcing from North America.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. When China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001, the Western hope was China would move toward a market-driven economy. Such market shares will create a platform for global juggernauts. The growth of SOEs.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8