Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. They are not interested in hearing about the technological, regulatory, and societal developments that will determine the long-term, strategic positioning of this company.". Asset owners should build in-house investment capabilities whenever possible.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Even those hippies over at asset manager Lazard calculate that the cost of solar PV technologies has dropped nearly 80% in five years. It’s easy to march against the current system, but harder to commit to something to march for. Polman and Branson are expected at these meetings now, but more leaders are joining.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

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. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Very importantly, they were able to avoid costly technology and implementation programs that would have surely fell short of usage and revenue expectations. They assume that if they collect the data, and house it in their systems, it must be their data. Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? Understand who would value it, why, and how much.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

First, a wide range of new technologies and data analytics allow tracking who and what is changing, making it possible to establish individualized targets, remedies, and incentives. Altogether, the model is employed in 15 markets, impacting over 5.5 What makes prevention today different from past efforts (e.g., million people.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Back in the ‘60s, people developed the capital asset pricing model [CAPM] as a way to do that. You’d have this beta with the market, so you have the riskless rate plus beta times the equity premium. It’s not something that necessarily resonates a lot with people in the markets or people in the world.

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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. Paradigms : Investments that attempt to change an entire system for the better. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

They are moving their marketing strategy from create and control to influence and leverage. Digital asset management systems originally designed for a limited number of approved photos and metadata now have to capture, store (or link), and tag a broader array of assets.

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