Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

Many governments have been focused on both making themselves more efficient through digital technology (such as making it easier to renew passports through online portals) and making their countries more attractive to digital technology companies (by reducing the cost of doing business within their borders). in 2011 to 2.9%

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Developing and deploying new technology requires building a supportive ecosystem surrounding it. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined. Classic leadership lessons apply. Enter a coalition.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

billion in 2014 to help it make the leap from a traditional advertising company to a digital one. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Other mobile service operators are also vying to release innovations to help customers pay for things without cash, receive money from abroad, and obtain micro loans and insurance products. And cellular technology is leading the way. ” This has been driving ever closer relationships between banks and mobile operators.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

That’s why, after years of operating without support staff (it’s been just me and my COO), I’ve recently hired a 24-year-old, Morgan, and given him the title of Director of Execution and Evolution. Stop playing catch-up with technology. But the date on it was from 2014. But Morgan takes a different approach.

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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. Now compare that to the context and condition of today’s CHRO role.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license. In Washington, business as usual.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. When a request arose for a new service that was not operational within our own system (e.g., But consolidation does not ensure integration.

Health Care 8

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. from 2012 through 2014. This story of disruption should feel familiar.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. They built 75 of version 6 in January 2014 and response so far has been positive. But as Kevin Nolan, vice president of technology, said, “With FastWorks we’re learning that speed is our competitive advantage. General Electric Operations Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Roughly 80% of individuals and families who bought their health insurance through an SBM or FFM in 2014 received a tax credit to defray the cost of premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Technological challenges.

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Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. We find that over the last decade, global flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data have contributed at least 10% of world GDP, adding $7.8

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The cultural and operational challenge for incumbent financial services firms was enormous. More than 10 million consumers benefited from telehealth use in 2014, and insurance carriers are increasingly covering these visits because they’re both more convenient for their members and less expensive than office visits.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Wireless Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The 2014 survey polled approximately 1,600 executives and managers from over 40 countries and across a range of industries. However, our experience has been that [when a product fails] it’s not a technology problem or a pure R&D problem — it is really around marketing, customer segments, and of course pricing.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Now, however, students’ college and pre-MBA experience is more likely to be in a finance area or perhaps in coding. Take, for example, the impact of online technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. Instead of seeking management jobs at GM or Eastman Kodak or Westinghouse, MBAs from elite schools went into finance and consulting. at the end of 2014.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Over the last decade, most companies’ digital agendas have focused largely on technology — moving to cloud-based software, modernizing IT infrastructures, adding digital channels, and digitizing business processes. This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This frugal solution is built around affordable and easy-to-use medical devices that can be operated by nurses in rural clinics. could harness technologies like 3D printing to build affordable houses faster and cleaner and make them accessible to most Americans. Yet, over 5 billion people worldwide don’t have internet access.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. Among their trophies in 2014 was a complete housecleaning at Darden Restaurants, the largest operator of full-service restaurants in the U.S. Dupont did not give in to Nelson Pelz’s demands, but it did make big changes in its board.

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Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Partly a byproduct of user-centered approaches and do-it-yourself ingenuity, this emerging wave of intrapreneurship is due to a rising generation of managers who have been empowered by accessible technology and mobilized by social media. She couldn’t get the image out of her head, so she began to research the technology requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Banking and payment processing are significant issues, and many businesses that handle marijuana directly have to operate as all-cash businesses. And more are joining every day.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2014 we partnered with Greenlight Planet to take a spin at door-to-door stove selling. Where a solar light can simply be turned on to show its value, a stove demo requires 30 minutes of time and extensive training about the technology. Customers show up regularly to take out loans, arrange payments, and track their finances.

Marketing 8

Marketing Microfinance Retail Development 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The company has adopted an Amazon-esque strategy; it now owns and operates twelve large warehouses well located to deliver loads of flooring, roofing, and other heavyweight building materials to do-it-yourself homeowners and contractors. It intends to open two more warehouses and add 300 more employees in 2014.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

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Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role.

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Banking Long-term Short-term System 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015.

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Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy.

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Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The rate of technological innovation, data analysis, and interconnectivity are pioneering new business models, security breakthroughs, and consumer convenience at a dizzying pace. Unsurprisingly, a 2014 research report by the Federal Reserve shows that when given a choice, 69% of U.S. This method, however, is no longer sustainable.

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