Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

In particular, we are interested in how many of their responses correlate with what academic finance knows and what it teaches. ” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discounted Cash Flow Company Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Machine learning enables contextual analysis of logistics data to predict and mitigate supply chain risks. Retail shelf analysis. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 12

Process Company Supply Chain Software 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

That’s why so many, lured by the promise of flexible hours, higher rates, and location independence, are intrigued by the idea of becoming a consultant or coach when they retire from their “official” career. Any career change is disruptive to a certain extent. that your retirement and new career might entail.

Consultative 8

Consultative How To Career Planning 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A lot of research has already been done on the significant contribution of immigrant scientists and engineers to the U.S. universities before they launched their careers. Our analysis would not count them as immigrants, therefore our estimates can be considered a lower bound on immigrants’ contribution to U.S.

Execution 9

Execution Training Education Short-term 9

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. So a school could legitimately prepare a student for a business career while omitting training in sales.

Education 8

Education Levitt Retail Training 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Business units come and go, but finance, HR, marketing, IT, legal, and R&D seem to last forever.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

Salzman says that the US graduates far more workers in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) than the tech industry needs and that foreign workers are causing Americans to get discouraged and join other professions. Many leave the field for other pursuits like finance and law — which sometimes pay higher wages.

Skills 8

Skills Globalization Engineering Industry 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. Go-To Market Strategy is, in essence, the launch.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It was the form in which the asset was financed. One is finance and the other is non-finance.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Policy makers can and should do more to align the incentives of companies and workers, for example by providing tax incentives for profit-sharing schemes , by providing health benefits, by hiring new employees, or by linking workplace practices to government procurement and financing programs.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8