Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. This is what I learned: Ask, listen, and be transparent with employees.

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

A witty comment or botched response on Twitter can travel to Facebook and even news websites in minutes (think of the Oreo tweet during the Superbowl blackout of 2013 ). We supplemented our model by using an algorithm and dataset developed by University of Pennsylvania to identify the apparent gender of our subjects and their followers.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. will grow to U.S. $5

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. These developments, while promising, are not without risks. Finance Small/medium business Technology' The growth of these alternative lenders is driven by more than just a greater appetite for risk.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Building Empathy.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In 2013 spending on care for people with the disease in the United States topped $100 billion. This program, our Fresh Food “Farmacy ,” has had clinical impacts superior to those provided by medications that cost billions of dollars to develop, and has done so at dramatically lower cost. Lee Hodges/Getty Images. >.

Class 8

Class Insurance Cost Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

“We’ll spend a lot of time bringing product to market, but we need to plan for the fact that a launch gives us a six-month head start and no more,” says Gary Booker, CMO of Dixons Retail. That approach to linked metrics served as the basis for developing employee incentives, such as bonuses.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide are expected to hit $4 trillion by 2020 , about double of where it is now. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8