Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

With a market size of $8 billion in 2013 Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) is becoming big business. million as of 2013. Some MMOG professional teams players can command six figure salaries, thanks to the finance provided by corporate sponsorships and advertising. Welcome to the brave new world of e-Sports.

Industry 8

Industry Sports Advertising Strategy 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Breaches of data integrity, or BDIs, can damage a company’s reputation, demographic, product or service, or what’s worse, and often the outcome, finances. EnableSoft, is engaged in offering game changing software products and services to the business and financial services industry, healthcare and a dozen other markets.

Software 50

Software Insurance System Operations 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

Venture Capitalist 18

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

As the world becomes more digitized, generating more information surrounding products and services and speeding up processes, large and small companies in every industry, even manufacturing, are starting to compete more like the software industry, with short product lifecycles and rapid decision-making. and compete successfully.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Then make notes about past accomplishments that clearly demonstrate your successes in those areas. Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. Example #2: Breaking into a new industry.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

These are the images many outsiders have of the medical marijuana industry. Moving from a daily metro newspaper to a “pot” publication caused some head-scratching among many acquaintances – even though I was entering a $1 billion-plus industry at the time. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

A study conducted by Roland Berger with the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federation of German Industries, or BDI) found that, if Europe harnessed digitization, by 2025, the continent could see its manufacturing industry add gross value of 1.25 In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. trillion euros.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. I wouldn’t be surprised if the statistics are worse in my industry, financial services, where so many companies are large, global, regulated, and structurally complex.

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Startups such as Wealthfront, Personal Capital, and Betterment launched robo-advisors as industry disruptors, and incumbents, such as Schwab’s (Intelligent Advisor), Vanguard (Personal Advisor Services), Morgan Stanley and BlackRock have joined the fray with their own hybrid machine/advisor solutions.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. That isn’t failure – it’s data.

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. dollar – Zimbabwe’s de facto currency – decimated the country’s remaining industrial base by making Zimbabwean manufactured goods too expensive and uncompetitive. Achieving economic recovery.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Many have found success in industries like technology, mining, and construction. The same report indicates that health care, social assistance, and education are industries in which the growth of women''s ownership has been the strongest. Forbes called 2013 the " Year of the Female Founder." In 1977, only 4.5%

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Benchmarking Health Care 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. Success demands a far more diverse set of experiences and skills.

CFO 12

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The grueling testimonies from CEO John Stumpf, coupled with insights from my industry-wide research into the culture and mindsets of bankers, suggest there is a blind spot among senior leaders at Wells Fargo, as well as deterrents to speaking up among the rank and file.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

As Diane Mulcahy explained in a 2013 Harvard Business Review article : ”Angel investors — affluent individuals who invest smaller amounts of capital at an earlier stage than VCs do — fund more than 16 times as many companies as VCs do,” she wrote, “and their share is growing.” Steven Moore.

Long-term 8

Long-term IPO Human Capital Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

The company provides services in a myriad of industries, such as health care, water treatment, aviation, and financing. JPMorgan Chase directors were similarly criticized for not preventing a $6 billion trading loss in the company’s investment office back in 2013.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

We found that companies that were successful in building CEs did three things: (1) They all implemented modular product architectures; (2) they leased, instead of sold, at least some of their products; and (3) they expanded their refurbishing operations. Two Success Stories. The Three Approaches.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

billion in iPhones in 2013 alone. Taking a page from the car leasing industry, carriers should offer customers a range of choices. While the off-contract 5C pricing won''t move the needle in emerging markets, the key to success in these markets is to push on-contract (in essence, financing) or lease pricing options.

Price 8

Price Strategy Wireless Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

billion in iPhones in 2013 alone. Taking a page from the car leasing industry, carriers should offer customers a range of choices. While the off-contract 5C pricing won’t move the needle in emerging markets, the key to success in these markets is to push on-contract (in essence, financing) or lease pricing options.

Price 8

Price Strategy Wireless Finance 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. In fact, we may be seeing a technology disruption in small business lending along the lines of what weve seen over the last few decades in industries like travel and media.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2012

From my experience investing in emerging start-ups (I'm invested in 60 right now) and launching my share of both failures (4) and highly successful (3) companies, I can attest that Mr. Isenberg is perfectly correct in his assertion that it's dangerous to expect crowdfunding of equities to work the same way crowdfunded donations do.

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence Real Estate Management Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Such trends are more than shiny objects; they’re manifestations of sustained changes within an industry sector, society, or human behavior. My 2016 trends offer early warnings and opportunities for managers in all industries. In 2013, technical glitches caused a three-hour stop at the Nasdaq.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum. The airline industry has experienced great volatility from deregulation, takeovers through mergers and acquisitions, and, as always, unpredictable forces of nature. There can be a lot of stress in this industry.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. While the oil and gas sector gets the most attention, Iran’s diversified economy is attracting companies across industries. However, remaining U.S.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Adobe’s radical transformation from a product-based business model to a service-based one raised eyebrows in the industry, with many software vendors now wondering how radically they should approach the SaaS model. Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

A newer generation of app developers – the so-called “middle class” of independent app creators and companies – is finding success by better catering to customers’ demand for choice and variety, even as they bump up against challenges like app discovery and advertising.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. For more than a decade, Linkin Park and Machine Shop enjoyed success and continued to innovate. We’ve all had to adapt.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this latest flurry of debate about working long hours , some have intimated that overwork is inevitable in highly competitive industries such as law, finance, and high tech. Counsel on Call was worth nearly $50 million as of 2013 , with over 900 lawyers; it serves one-third of the Fortune 100. But that’s just not true.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Attrition Entrepreneur Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Rather, I am an academic economist who, through in-depth studies of high-tech companies and industries, has come to the conclusion that stock buybacks are eroding the foundations of economic prosperity in the United States. Icahn, I do not write to you as an Apple shareholder (I hold no Apple shares). I disagree with this priority.

Innovation 11

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

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. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. First, more digital innovators should recognize that public policy is essential to the success of the digital economy.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. helped to create the nation’s tech industry. ( ” Senor and Singer also cite immigration policy and a culture that tolerates risk-taking and failure as contributing to Israel’s startup success.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Get yourself an agent.

Politics 8

Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Specifically, it has allowed for significant expansion of insurance coverage and it is accelerating the move from a financing system that pays for the volume of services provided to one that rewards care providers for delivering higher-quality care. The ACA legislation addressed this by establishing different financing models.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Incentives Cost 8