The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The inspiration came from the Double Fine Adventure video game, which raised millions of dollars more than its original target in its 2012 campaign on Kickstarter. Across a range of crowdfunding platforms, the researchers assessed the role past performance had on future projects.

Succession 118

Succession Entrepreneur Comparison Video 118

CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. Sounds simple, but what Sinek found is that most companies do their marketing backwards. in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012.

Self-aware 146

Self-aware Ethics Tools Finance 146

Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2013

Analytics tools give decision-makers the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market. This is why, according to IDC research, business analytics was among the top five IT investment initiatives in 2012. Other top investment areas include social media and mobility.

Operations 50

Operations Resources Innovation ROI 50

Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

housing finance system since it was created more than 40 years ago (More about Mary at the end of this post). To succeed in industries like finance, tech or law enforcement, women must have determination and perpetual motivation. percent of board seats as of mid-year 2012. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Ms.

Chief Operating Officer 247

Chief Operating Officer Career Industry Motivation 247

Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

This is a change from the 2010 law which based taxation of inherited assets on their original cost basis, instead of their current fair market value. However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. The Bush law did allow a $1.3

Press Release 202

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2014

In so many organizations, finance, economics and the pursuit of individual prosperity continue to be the only subjects worthy of respect and concentration. Their markets did not affect each other that much and so they operated in parallel without much worry about the impact they made on each other. It used to work. What do you think?

Diversity 69

Diversity Definition Finance System 69

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. It’s business as usual. Business moves along. We do more and produce less. We turn unconsciously to outcomes.

Leadership Development 265

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

has a new "white paper" out with the rah rah title, " Financial Services: Safer & Stronger in 2012." But in financial markets, it's problematic. You can make a lot of money in finance doing things that are bound blow up in someone's face a few years down the road. The largest U.S. The profit motive is generally a good thing.

Finance 14

Finance Motivation White Paper Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. In total the iTulip community led the round with $2 million in January 2012.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 27, 2014

For example, some leaders may need to change behavior; others may need functional training in marketing or finance. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read. Helping clients diagnose their developmental needs. 1-858-759-0950.

360-Degree Feedback 121

360-Degree Feedback Long-term Globalization Tools 121

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. At worst, they misjudge or simply stay out of markets vastly different from their own.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2014

The borrower would then sell the discounted $970 post note on the money market, also paying a discount to the post note purchaser of say $30, receiving $940 in cash. The insurance company would repay the money market investor’s post note of $970, yielding a $30 profit for both the insurance company and the investor.

Insurance 52

Insurance Banking Crisis Discount 52

Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Chapter 4 – Idendity and the market. That identity and communities of origin should change to communities of aspiration - increasingly important in the connected 2012 and beyond. Celia de Anca is a professor of Islamic finance at IE Business School in Spain. The six chapters of beyond Tribalism. Worth a Read?

Review 37

Review Books Diversity Human Resources 37

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. of MIT graduates taking jobs in finance after graduation.

Engineering 8

Engineering Finance Bottom-up Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves.

Licensing 13

Licensing Depreciation Pharmaceuticals Budgeting 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either.

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share.

Brand 12

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 12

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 29, 2014

The study explores net growth in private-sector business establishments from 2001 to 2012, ranking the best and worst states for new establishments post-recession and shedding light on national trends. The number of private-sector business establishments grew just 2 percent from 2009 to 2012 after growing 12 percent from 2001 to 2007.

Real Estate 97

Real Estate Health Care Insurance Construction 97

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change. Frontline Data as Wake Up Call. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

According to Pew Internet , 55 percent of Americans said they''d used a mobile device to access the internet in 2012. Similarly, 45 percent of young adults aged 18-29 reported in 2012 that they mostly go online with a mobile device. Internal data from some finance, healthcare, and travel providers show similar mobile-only usage.

Content 12

Content Audience Marketing Strategy Report 12

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 21, 2015

Over the past two decades, there have been many attempts to reform the electric utility market. Consider how Uber opened up the transportation market. In both cases, the two goods (car and real estate) are given value-creating potential through a process of market fragmentation and consumer empowerment.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Despite recent signs of recovery in the labor market , there are still more than 12 million unemployed job seekers. And 32 percent of employers reported they would be willing to pay to relocate new employees in 2012. So how do we explain the fact that some positions stay open for months?

Health Care 14

Health Care Engineering Skills Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

It's the first work week of 2012, and from what I see on Twitter, lots of folks are jumping into the New Year with a resolution or two. Get serious about making time for that work, and 2012 can be the year you achieve your most dearly held goals. Sort your list into related chunks. It's hard work to live up to your resolutions.

Goal 16

Goal Process Delegation Project 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Second, by the end of January 2012, it must obtain further installments of the remaining 120 billion Euros of the bailout packages. Finally it must honor its commitment to elections on February 19, 2012. The new government has met with the cautious approval of the EU, the IMF, the markets and the international press.

Crisis 14

Crisis GDP Consensus Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. The very lack of consensus in CAPM interpretation, he thought, was consistent with the workings of healthy and efficient markets. "It

CAPM 14

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. A lesson in accurately valuing yourself -- from the stock market. Work is like weightlifting: Alternate stress with recovery to gradually build your capacity.

Blog 16

Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The evolution of African markets faces significant barriers: cost, distance, and a lack of infrastructure. consumers are just being introduced to Apple Pay, mobile money services like MPesa and MTN Money have been flourishing in African markets. But the possibilities for ecommerce and consumer marketing are enormous.

Banking 8

Banking Retail Wireless Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Just like Ireland, Spain had a credit boom financed mostly with external debt, which meant that the balance sheets of their banks are now stuffed with bad debts as asset values collapse. The Spanish Prime Minister has become preoccupied with creating market confidence, as was the Irish Prime Minister in the run up to the EU/IMF bailout.

Real Estate 12

Real Estate Banking Construction Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

The nine courses consisted of four that introduce the MBA core — Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Operations Management — as well as Gamification and the Global Business of Sports. For comparison, Executive MBA programs in 2012 only attracted an average of 14% foreign students. That number drops to 23% in BRICS countries.

Education 12

Education Course Class Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New innovations will change the basis of competition in many markets and alter the sources of advantage for most companies. In this world, insurance companies will require fewer actuaries and more data scientists — individuals with the ability to mine data to tailor insurance offers to specific market segments or even individuals.

Company 13

Company Insurance Engineering Software 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.".

Price 13

Price Committee Sports Transportation 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Maybe you remember how savagely the industry was portrayed during the 2012 U.S. Startups, on the other hand, aren’t debt financed, because they’re too risky and unproven, and have no assets—not so appealing to lenders. Suffice it to say that a 2016 Mitt Romney campaign isn’t being championed on Wall Street.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. In the fast growth markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, national governments are responding to a more empowered citizenship, and looking for corporate partners to achieve their development goals.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

A 2012 McKinsey Report shows that over a 15 year period companies that shifted more than 56% of their capital across their business units during that period delivered annual return to shareholders that were a third higher than those delivered by companies that allocated roughly the same amount of capital per unit as they had the previous year.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

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. In 2012, China''s top six solar companies had debt ratios of over 80%.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. states with deregulated power markets) and technologies (e.g., solar and home batteries) for businesses to consider.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8