Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2015
Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. Second, bureaucracy, laws, and rules exert particular influence in Greece because they help make life more structured and less uncertain. And it all starts in school.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 22, 2016
Less than 24 hours after the bombings, new incorporation papers had been filed, new bank accounts were opened, and a singular vehicle for receiving funds had been established — it was the most we could do on short notice and with no administrative funds — on a bare-bones website linked to a new PayPal account. But that took time.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. The CEO of a large, global bank once told me: “It is very easy for someone in my position to be very busy all the time.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 22, 2012
’ What they’re really selling: Banking. Banks buy money wholesale and sell it to borrowers at retail rates. Banks are now trying to compete with financial planners and investment banking houses. ’ What they’re really selling: Small business banking services. Rolex Watches. Yes, indeed.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
” And the Legatum Institute, when aggregating data from the World Bank, the United Nations, and elsewhere to formulate its Prosperity Index , has found that of its many indicators, “entrepreneurship & opportunity” correlates most strongly with a country’s overall prosperity. We are talking about the U.S.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 8, 2016
They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. ” “Just don’t forget we’re in construction, not banking, Derek.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2016
The workforce is comprised of career professionals who are deep experts in their craft. They often came to the Intelligence Community early in their careers and stayed. Reorienting priorities in a large government bureaucracy is hard enough. Its successes are largely unknown; its failures are legendary.
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