Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When we reach its second and subsequent chapters, political uncertainty is likely to return and affect the financial, institutional, and real economies. These structural challenges, along with similar ones in other geographies, will drive up uncertainty in the global business environment. Brexit is a process, not an event.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Uncertainty Company Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

but in China as well, and there is too much global auto-assembly capacity chasing that demand. For example, the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that makes the Chevy Cruze is running one shift a day, down from three a few years ago, and last year produced 180,000 vehicles, down from 248,000 in 2013. Car sales in the U.S.

Restructuring 9

Restructuring Fixed Costs Consensus Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Recently, Bitcoin has become popular in the country with the digital currency trading at $13,000 USD in October (at the time about 50% higher than Bitcoin’s global price).

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. This becomes particularly important in the context of cyber-crime and the alarming rise of business models being held for ransom or political gain.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Intellectual Capital Corporate Accountability Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The decline of manufacturing has dominated the political narrative in the United States, but there are dual plotlines within this well-known story. Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Many companies start their search for global growth in an alphabet soup of emerging-market groupings such as the BRIC , CIVETS , MINT , Next 11 , and so on. For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Digital technology unfolded on top of a second force that had been building for a few decades: a global movement in public policy towards economic liberalization which was systematically reducing barriers to the movement of goods, money, people, and ideas across the boundaries of nations and industries. But times have changed.

Drucker 8

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. This dynamic can stall important change (e.g.,

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Uber built up staff, procedures, and software systems whose purpose was to enable and mobilize passengers and drivers to lobby regulators and legislators — creating political disaster for anyone who questioned Uber’s approach. Participation in the global community requires respect for and compliance with the law.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Everyone we spoke to in the company was polite, helpful, and increasingly apologetic. But trying to get paid by a global company with 80,000 employees, I came to realize that noone owned the problem. Think back, one more time, to the global financial crisis and what caused it. Customer service Delegation Operations'

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Chief Financial Officer Delegation Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Inter-domain complexity challenges us whenever a hospital patient has co-morbidities (heart and liver problems for example), or a business problem spans marketing and finance, or a political problem bridges foreign relations and domestic economics. The key, as with so many things in life, is to get beyond either/or.

Finance 8

Finance Education Drucker Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But both trade and political alignment lumbered slowly forward until the current quarter and many American executives had become flustered with their India initiatives. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. Today there appears to a second gold rush to India.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. ” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 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. The global rush to join the new bank, despite American protestations , is the latest chapter in the larger story of China’s emergence as a prime challenger to the U.S. And once again, the U.S. and NATO forces.

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

When it comes to discussions on the various challenges leaders need to address in today’s fast-changing global economy, there’s one topic that merits a proper assessment as to whether or not it’s really an issue for today’s organizations.

P&L 264

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 264

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

In the 2016 Edelman Global Trust Barometer survey, of more than 33,000 people around the world, only 27% of leaders were seen as behaving in open and transparent ways. In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

What about the companies and entrepreneurs that create cleaner ways of operating or provide the pollution-reducing technologies? And our companies will be more competitive globally as every country struggles with pollution. Why don't our industry and political leaders? Those are real jobs too , aren't they?

Cost 10

Cost Industry Constraint Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

After Sandy raged across the eastern coast, Businessweek blared on its cover " It's Global Warming, Stupid." Based on similar numbers, both McKinsey and PwC UK calculated how fast we must reduce the carbon intensity of the global economy ( PwC's number is 5% per year until 2050 ). Five Questions For 2013. The share of U.S.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Much of continental Europe is convulsed with similar combinations of disaffection , protectionism , and, in some cases, nationalism and even racism that have morphed into a more-or-less generalized anger against globalization. Pro-globalizers need to do a better job of making their case. In the U.S., distributors, retailers, and so on.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

Yet as the global recession continues into its fifth year, there are signs that businesses are adapting. Business owners often pull back when faced with challenges like political instability, market inconsistency, and fluctuating consumer confidence. The brain doesn''t like volatility, so it struggles to find a new "normal."

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Long-term Dunning Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Despite the negative political climate, many polls show voters support trade. A new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reveals that 60% of Americans support the negotiations for trans-Pacific trade , down slightly from 2015. This uncertainty calls for political leadership. Vincent Tsui for HBR. If the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8