Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Perhaps the marketing team is pushing for one set of goals while the sales team wants to go another way. Perhaps the technology team want to spend more time developing an upgrade to your product, but the finance team insist the money is better spent elsewhere. Focus on finding new strategies to maintain and accelerate growth.

Company 50

Company Software Asset Management Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

DNA genetic testing company 23andMe fell behind on its communications with the FDA, resulting in a temporary ban on marketing the company’s personal genetic screening services to the public. The inadequacies of the old approach are evident in recent startup stumbles, even when the technology is sound.

Innovation 12

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 12

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. Some see them as a natural evolution, and a smart choice for many non-professional investors.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Yet the unfortunate side effect of uncompetitive markets is that consumers pay higher prices. Basically, a handful of asset management firms have become the most powerful shareholders of the nation’s largest banks. Index funds have given millions of people relatively low-cost access to the stock market.

Banking 8

Banking Hedge Asset Management Airlines 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

We are concerned about the lack of disclosure, because data is critical to demonstrating progress in female and minority representation,” said Aditi Mohapatra, lead author of the report and analyst specializing in diversity issues in the Sustainability Research Department of Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc. “It

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. All too often they don’t.

Price 12

Price Retail Discount Tactics 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Eccles, a mathematician by training and one of the foremost experts in corporate reporting, has for the past five years been working to create sustainability accounting standards for the investment community (he is also the chairman of ESG asset management firm Arabesque Partners). It’s been slow going.

Asset Management 8

Asset Management Report Information Globalization 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

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

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat.

Six Sigma 16

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Additional economic value is unlocked, creating benefits for the member (more years of healthy life), the insurer (reduced claims over time), and society (healthier, more productive citizens). Altogether, the model is employed in 15 markets, impacting over 5.5 million people.

Insurance 9

Insurance Company Competitive Advantage Porter 9

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. And some companies with employee majority-owned stock programs, such as Publix Super Markets and outerwear maker W.L. Already, U.S.

ESOP 11

ESOP Company Cooper IAM 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. Sponsored by Northern Trust. Set your company up for success.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. The transformation in education technology and markets is happening with the business leaders and money-men of higher education barely present.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products. It isn’t just about limiting downside risk; the company can also create profitable new products and services to address the urgent global needs such as those associated with scarce water supplies, hunger, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Execution 10

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2014

Your best marketer? Bain & Company’s research, discussed here , suggests that top performers are roughly four times as productive as average performers. The reason is that it has higher human capital productivity (HCP), which we know correlates closely with financial results. How much is your top salesperson worth?

Human Capital 8

Human Capital How To Engineering Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and] This funding deficit results in lost productivity and potential as businesses that have the customers to grow find they have few dollars to invest in the equipment or the talent that expansion requires.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

Citing a substantial body of expert research, the letter stated, “We believe there is a clear need for Apple to offer parents more choices and tools to help them ensure that young consumers are using your products in an optimal manner.” A main explanation is that, as always, they are following the money.

Hedge 8

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. Automated programs can recognize products, people, logos, and more. Drone- and satellite-based asset management. Last year alone saw $5 billion in machine learning venture investment.

Process 11

Process Company Supply Chain Software 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Product : Investments in products or services that have positive social benefits. Intensity and immediacy of impact.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

While "running out" isn't really the right phrase, it's clear that delivering many commodities to market is getting harder and more expensive (we don't dig for oil a mile under the ocean for the heck of it). In June, the New York Times declared a warming world hostile to food production. Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Need drives innovation, so this week we want to highlight some of what is happening in the new markets in water. First, even large companies are carving out new niches to help businesses and communities manage water scarcity. Water Resources Management Co.

Innovation 15

Innovation Management Energy Asset Management 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Many vendors have jumped into the field, and their offerings provide options for any company wanting to make their processes or products smarter. For example, Salesforce.com and Oracle recently announced that they are adding cognitive capabilities to their products. ” Mostly Buy.

Organization 8

Organization Software CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

A good producer should be someone who knows how to create a vision, recruit personnel, establish a timeline, raise money, and deliver products. Taken together, all of us establish a “consensus” view on the markets. I still refuse payment because making music, something that is everlasting, is reward enough for me.

Career 8

Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

You must slash the price of your product or service by 50%. I recently employed this principle with a large asset management firm. When Avon Products decided they wanted to create a world-class help desk for their agents, they compared themselves to a company known for its superior service: the Four Seasons Hotel.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Hotels B2C Price 8

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

MAY 31, 2018

Customers overwhelmingly prefer products tied to a social cause. Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

Company 9

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Prosocial investors would rush to buy such a product, ensuring its success in the marketplace. In fact, the idea is so simple that one might wonder why we do not already see such products. The impact extends to asset management companies. It has dramatically increased in the last three decades.

Proposal 8

Proposal Objective Ethics Politics 8

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

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

For example, a product evaluating nonprofit organizations may be highly useful to a wealth manager seeking to help his client to select a charity as part of a value-added tax efficiency service. ” It’s clear that he saw the potential of the raw data.

Execution 8

Execution Metrics Content Christensen 8