Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

My own firm released a survey recently of 835 large companies (with an average revenue of $20 billion) that predicts a net job loss of between 4% and 7% in key business functions by the year 2020 due to AI. In stark contrast, very few of the companies we surveyed were using AI to eliminate jobs altogether. bribes and kickbacks).

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

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' Even HR itself agrees.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. 3: Gig is better. ” This lines up with EY’s recent findings.

Quinn 9

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 9

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. In 2010, the Seilers surveyed all officers and social services staff. Frontline Data as Wake Up Call.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The responsibility can range from just shopping for essentials to arranging doctor’s appointments, providing transportation, taking care of finances and medicines or even a full-fledged role of assisting in their daily tasks. Another survey says 20 percent of the population is engaged in some form of caregiving. In the U.S.

Absenteeism 105

Absenteeism Policies Cost Human Resources 105

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Just 36 percent of CMOs, for example, have quantitatively proven the short-term impact of marketing spend, according to the 2013 CMO Survey (and for demonstrating long-term impact, that figure drops to 32 percent). This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. billion in 2013 – up about 15% from the year before, according to our 2013 Marijuana Business Factbook. And more are joining every day. Interior design specialists, journalists, and healthcare veterans. medical marijuana sales hit an estimated $1.5

Industry 9

Industry Retail Banking Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are 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.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

BIPAC conducts extensive biennial studies of employer-employee communications programs through both national polling and surveys within companies deploying such communications. We expect to see more communication from employers to employees in the future ( our 2012 National Pollis set to release in early 2013).

Politics 8

Politics Policies Survey Information 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2015

If you’ve ever had any doubt that financial challenges affect your employees’ productivity, findings from the 2014 SHRM Financial Wellness in the Workplace Survey may put that doubt to rest. But nearly 30% of the SHRM survey participants have characterized this education as somewhat or very ineffective. About the Author. About SoFi.

Education 50

Education Survey Absenteeism Participative 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

For example, I once helped survey US global money managers. Since 2013, BizCorps has placed top MBAs in Columbia and Kenya. Instead of marching into the marble halls of finance or consulting, some might consider leaping out to the frontiers of business. We asked them how many companies in Africa make over $100 million annually.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The Priori-Pollen research program findings run counter to popular app developer surveys that suggest over half of developers make less than $500 per app per month. ” App store research, which I collected in my book, Apponomics , reveals only 5% of apps accounted for 92% of downloads in 2013.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

According to a Kauffman Foundation study , 72% of entrepreneurs surveyed come from self-described middle class backgrounds, and another 22%reported being from upper lower class backgrounds. The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit.

Technology 8

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Determining how much to share about your finances with your kids and when to do so can be a tough call. A 2013 Wall Street Journal article by Missy Sullivan references a 2012 study by U.S. Many high-wealth parents put off having conversations about money. They’re right to be worried.

How To 8

How To Learning-by-Doing Budgeting Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. And that really is on the backs of marketing.” That helped account managers focus their pitch on the client’s business issues and build rapport.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We’ve been teaching and testing Microsoft Excel for a decade, and a survey of several hundred office staff we ran suggests we spend more than 10% of our working lives spreadsheeting , and for those working in research and development or finance, it’s more like 30%, or 2.5 hours a day. Flash Fill (30 minutes to learn).

Bottom-up 15

Bottom-up Productivity Products Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

The researchers looked at systematic reviews conducted between 2006 and 2013. The effect sizes for these trials are still quite small, but when added together, there was more, and qualitatively better, evidence associating sugar consumption and increased weight gain the closer one got to 2013. Many findings are entirely implausible.”.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

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 ). The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. Nearly 50% of companies surveyed by the U.S.-China For a staggering 93% of businesses surveyed, China was among the top five priorities – the top priority for 22%. And once again, the U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 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. We’ve observed time and again in 360-degree feedback surveys that women executives believe politics present a particular dilemma for them.

Politics 8

Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8