Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources'

CFO 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

As the chart below shows, only half of the CEOs of companies in the Dow Jones Index have previous experience in corporate finance or strategy. Tellingly, another recent (2013) McKinsey study covering a 20-year period revealed that only 16% of board members understood how their firms created value.

CEO 8

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. In 2013, the multinational contract manufacturer Flextonics — which makes products for Apple and Microsoft — began offering Lab IX , a service that connects startups with manufacturing partners.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

The most talented individuals in industries such as technology and finance spoke English, either as a first or second language. out of a possible 990 in February 2013. Also, today, 30% of new hires are non-Japanese, and 50% of new engineers are non-Japanese. I don''t think English is "better" than any other language.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

For example, in 2014 IDC estimated that more than one-quarter of enterprise applications would be offered with the SaaS model by 2018, up from one-sixth in 2013. 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

OCTOBER 27, 2014

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' But Icahn’s campaign to get eBay to spin off PayPal succeeded last month. Then Andreessen quit the board. Icahn won that playground tussle. He’s been winning a lot of them lately. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

The commission ratios vary from development to marketing to finance, administration, sales and customer support, and in the various areas are based on the metrics the individuals are most able to directly control. In some respect, every person's compensation is configured as a base plus commission. Is payroll difficult?

Motivation 8

Motivation Planning Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. And that’s what these guys [the 2013 Nobel winners] did.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

The letters also warned that "the regulatory agencies involved hold powerful leverage through their ability to cut off financing to groups that fail to comply.". Cut to present. On February 6th, the State's Standing Committee on Investigations and Government Operations is holding a hearing. I could list thousands more.

Execution 13

Execution Letter Committee Policies 13

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. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. Each function had an eight- to 10-person subcommittee led by a nurse-physician dyad or, in the case of PI, a nurse-physician-engineer triad (all three were seen as equals).

Health Care 8

Health Care Diversity Proposal Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

There are two stories you can tell about finance in America. The number of companies targeted by activist hedge funds has increased dramatically since then, to more than 200 in 2013. “Financial engineering at the expense of growth” is a widely documented phenomenon, she told me, as she argued in a paper released in June.

Hedge 8

Hedge Finance Short-term Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. In this category, we primarily looked at three subcategories: inputs (financing options, talent retention, startup capacity), process (how sophisticated are firms’ business processes, and what’s the level of R&D?), Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Skeptics initially doubted the engineering feasibility of fast battery switches, the ability to roll out infrastructure on a national basis, and the willingness of carmakers to come on board. Better Place would then use these multi-year contracts to finance its infrastructure investments and battery depreciation. What Went Wrong?

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8