Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2013

By 1960, though, the mutual fund business was booming, and selling investors on high-cost, high-risk products called "performance funds." Malkiel is basically saying that the asset-management industry has no economic justification for being as big and rich as it is. Compensation Cutting costs Finance' That should be fun.

Asset Management 8

Asset Management Industry Management Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

With the EU’s passage of the Circular Economy Package in April, many European companies are now facing mandates to reuse the products they create for as long as possible. We are academics and practitioners focused on product recovery economics and life cycle asset management. HBR Staff/Caspar Benson/Getty Images.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

In low-income countries, according to World Bank data in a recent paper by the consultancy Dalberg, 43% of businesses with between 20 and 99 employees say that access to finance is a major constraint. The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and]

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

We then conducted a field trial with roughly 1,000 employees to figure out whether such a product could “mobile-ize” saving. Savings provide a major flow of capital to financial institutions, and enable consumers to purchase large assets, manage unexpected expenses, and prepare for retirement.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Asset Management Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We focus on economic profit rather than revenue size, market share, or productivity growth because these other metrics risk including firms that are simply large and may not create economic value. Productivity can help; but it is not enough to achieve superstardom.

Industry 11

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. That’s because a growing number of funders, both social impact funds and traditional institutions, are interested in financing workers’ takeover of a company.

ESOP 11

ESOP Company Cooper IAM 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Examples of social performance include talent recruitment, employee compensation, customer security and privacy, customer transparency, responsible products, and financial inclusion. Examples of governance performance include management of the legal and regulatory environment, systemic risk management, and managing conflicts.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 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. Automated programs can recognize products, people, logos, and more. Drone- and satellite-based asset management. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 11

Process Company Supply Chain Software 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

History suggests that the main way information technology changes management is through changes in how information is gathered: the large-scale analysis of Operations Research reflected painstaking data collection around a few metrics, which were transferred to punch cards. How it effects product design and customer experience.

Management 11

Management Software BPM Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 ” Backing this up is another group of asset managers who have committed $2 billion to invest in a newly created S&P Long-Term Value Index , a subset of companies doing things right.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. Perhaps they believe better decisions result from productive collaboration.

Teamwork 13

Teamwork Industry Management Asset Management 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

It may seem counterintuitive, but smart companies need to routinely rid themselves of less profitable customers, the same way an asset manager or rebalances an investment portfolio or a Major League Baseball general manager trades a declining player. selling costs, product returns, customer support).

P&L 14

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For instance, Triodos Sustainable Trade Fund provides finance to farmers whose cultivation practices are more sustainable in places like the Palestine Territories, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic, avoiding traditional chemically-intensive fertilizer in delicate ecosystems. cash, fixed income, private equity, etc.)

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Customers overwhelmingly prefer products tied to a social cause. In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

Company 9

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Smith charged that Goldman put its own interests ahead of clients; people were promoted by foisting profitable but unsuitable products on customers; and that Goldman's culture of service had given way to a culture of greed. As I, and others, noted at the time , the Times op-ed was high on indignation and low on facts.

Conflict of Interest 8

Conflict of Interest CEO Asset Management Committee 8