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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Green Bonds Benefit Companies, Investors, and the Planet

Harvard Business Review

The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. While investors bought just $3 billion of these bonds in 2013, they scooped up $49 billion worth in 2017, bringing the total sold since 2013 to $113 billion at an average of $308 million per offering.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. While the price of Ether has been rising , Bitcoin has dropped 20% to $1,000 dollars from a record $1,290 on March 3, 2017. Yes, in three days, people who invested in Ether doubled their investment.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. in 2013 to 3.7 Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

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Health Insurance Exchanges Fulfill Both Liberal and Conservative Goals

Harvard Business Review

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. In 2017, they may open up to still larger businesses and to state and local governments. These innovations include bundled payments and accountable care organizations.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images. Lower-income consumers also present a lucrative opportunity.

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Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013, an estimated 16.4 By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. We also must reduce spending on our exchange by almost 80% between state fiscal years 2015 and 2017. Fostering innovation. The average credit was $270 per month.