Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.”

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Digital innovation is everywhere, from Big Data to risk management software, and it’s all coming to change in the way that the sector is organised and run. As soon as 2020, innovation could be measured, just like other essential elements of the industry such as marketing and IT. Demanding More From CFOs.

Finance 51

Finance Process Influence Innovation 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Healthcare data is also highly prized on the black market because there are so many lucrative ways to use it fraudulently, so it’s often a more attractive target than financial or other personal data. Healthcare is a high stress environment, where, understandably, information security training is often not the top priority.

Health Care 9

Health Care Forrester Policies Tactics 9

Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2017

Blogging is one of the best marketing tools for businesses and influencers. Once they’re implemented, start your own email marketing campaign to ensure your audience stays up to date with your content and boost your conversations even further. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

Blog 51

Blog Content Advertising Audience 51

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. And here’s to an even better 2017!” Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Founders bet years of their lives on finding product market fit, investors bet billions on the future value of ambitious startups, and executives bet that their strategies will increase a company’s prospects. In Silicon Valley, everyone makes bets. Here, predicting the future is not a theoretical superpower, it’s part of the job.

Company 8

Company Participative Training Project 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2018

For example, a marketing company will have a database that is storing thousands of details of different companies. Even if you’re in a managed office space, you can still hire an external company to protect the office you’re in. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This is what hackers are after.

Company 51

Company Banking Entrepreneur Information 51

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

unilaterally pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal), building contingency plans, and diversifying their portfolio of markets. Our research forecasts that it will offer the second-fastest economic growth after the emerging Asia-Pacific (APAC) in 2017. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g.,

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2017

Spear-phishing emails have been used in many of the most notorious attacks, including the 2017 French presidential election and the infamous attack on the Democratic National Committee. What could they most readily monetize on the black market? Integrate email security into your organization’s risk management program.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain System CFO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

To be sure, blockchain may enable incumbents such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Credit Suisse, all of which are currently investing in the technology, to do more with less, streamline their businesses, and reduce risk in the process. After all, how do you cut cost from a business or market whose structure has fundamentally changed?

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They devote far more time to internal execution and competitive risks than to external risks that can change the playing field. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 8

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Our company, Frontier Strategy Group, recently polled 20 Latin America general managers about Venezuela’s contributions to their regional revenues. Part of the decline can be explained by the sharp depreciation of the bolivar, but for the most part it reflects proactive decisions by multinationals to exit the market.

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Price Politics Supply Chain 8