Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In March 2008, Lula convened his political marketeer João Santana and Dilma to present his overall plan of making Dilma his successor. Financial markets, historically sensitive and nervous during elections, watched with unusual calm the battles between Dilma and Serra. growth in the Gross Domestic Product in 2010.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Globalization Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

It is questionable, for example, whether many thousands of pages of regulations have enhanced the banks’ ability to carry out their core mission of funding the real economy of goods and services for real human beings. There are lessons here for giant corporations and the stock markets they trade on. The entrepreneurial society.

Drucker 8

Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Buffett prefers to accept the visible costs of "a few bad decisions" than incur "the invisible costs of stifling bureaucracies." In 2009, he confessed to developing an ill-conceived plan to market GEICO credit cards and also failed to rein in NetJets' debt, which had soared to $1.9 He annually reports on his own mistakes.

Letter 14

Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

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. Companies often engage in new activities – customers, markets, products, and business models – serendipitously, in response to external events and lucky breaks. Stuff happens.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Crises can have many liabilities upon companies, including loss of profits and market share. Crisis communications means banking goodwill for those times when the plan is called to the test.

Crisis 59

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 59

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. By our reckoning, the cost of excess bureaucracy in the U.S. If bureaucracy is as ubiquitous in these economies as it is in the U.S., Here’s the arithmetic. share was $32 trillion.

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Over 50% of marketing and IT prefer a salesperson who will listen and match a solution to solve their specific needs. 3: Market Leaders Have an Edge. In most industries a single company controls the market. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy.

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

For banks, a larger and more profitable loan portfolio may be the benefit. In emerging markets, NGOs such as Endeavor and Wamda have been key catalysts. Of course, many large corporations do indeed take defensive action against entrepreneurs who challenge their markets. That is not the business they are in.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 9

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. The two men went way back.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

and Europe provide the local affiliates with access to cutting-edge financial and evaluation systems, links to high-level corporate partners and media outlets, credibility in appealing to major international employers and donors, and expertise in areas such as budgeting and marketing. How Banks Should Finance the Social Sector.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Seek out entrepreneurs who are trying to grow their companies from $1-$10 million rather than startup entrepreneurs (who are often first-timers) pitching ideas that aren’t yet on the market. in the proportional size of its mid-market business sector. In fact, Wisconsin is number two in the U.S. ” Sound familiar?

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8