Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. increased by over $300,000.

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Or is the problem simply that speculators have taken over the market for a crucial commodity? Markets that existed mainly for the convenience of industry have become dominated by exchange-traded funds, hedge funds, and investment banks. So, on balance, having a futures market appears better than not having a futures market.

Cost 8

Cost Fraser Hedge Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

Fama is convinced that financial bubbles don’t exist, and until the dot-com era he was able to keep most of his colleagues in academic finance from even using the word “bubble.” They’ve also characterized the San Francisco Bay area’s real estate market over a far longer period. Economy Finance Managing uncertainty'

Price 8

Price Finance Definition Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Instead, his initial advantage came from his creation of a virtuous circle that underpinned his vision for the first durable mass-market automobile. It was better cars, with better financing options. 2003 in "Added Value: The Alchemy of Brand-led Growth" by Mark Sherrinton. Used car trade-ins. Closed car models.

Innovation 15

Innovation Mass Marketing Price Market Segmentation 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

In a 2003 study of past Fed chairmen Christina Romer and David Romer of the University of California, Berkeley, reckon that a candidate who subscribes to a "sound" framework of basic monetary principles is most likely to do well. Summers nets some 12.5 million results. The Economist observed : The low tone of the debate is disappointing.

How To 8

How To GDP Finance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

On average, common ownership concentration has almost doubled in the last 20 years in the construction, manufacturing, finance, and services sectors. market capitalization ) and 500 additional public companies. Certainly, people have benefited from the low-cost, diversified exposure to the stock market that large asset managers offer.

CEO 8

CEO Asset Management Cooper Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

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. For example, Adobe’s finance team estimated that the cost of running both models side by side would cost them twice as much as simply offering one of the models.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Boards should require that CEO candidates demonstrate not just knowledge of finance and marketing but also a technology aptitude. The senior leadership needs to become literate in technology. IT isn''t somebody else''s job, it''s ultimately theirs. Accountability.

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

from 1994 to 2003. Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets. As the stock market began to take off, though, and options rained down on corporate execs, the compensation tables began to turn, certainly for the top ranks. And what risks did he run?

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. The bottom line for C1400 is to help young people from “tough realities&# to reflect on their personal leadership.

Definition 313

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 313

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The academic study of strategy took a big leap forward in the 1970s when Michael Porter of HBS looked at earlier economic research on industry structure and noticed that market power — which economists wanted to minimize — was the same thing as sustained profitability, which corporate executives wanted to maximize. Corporate finance?

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

China leads all emerging markets with 89 companies on the latest Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. Western brands also want access to China and recent global market turmoil has exposed many targets for astute Chinese brands.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

But by the turn of the millennium, the German automaker needed a new product for the mass market to jumpstart sales, and decided to make a vehicle for the burgeoning SUV segment. When the Cayenne came to market in 2003, it was an instant hit. It was a significant risk for a company that knew fast cars, not family vehicles.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Development Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) These companies kept top-management attention on critical processes and KPIs.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The then-sainted Alan Greenspan had given them ample cover, by expressing concerns that surpluses might eventually kill the bond market. real estate market showing signs of recovery, this is probably a better time to talk fiscal restraint than two years ago. Plus, it turned out there was a recession in the works.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Bond Committee Commitment 8