Eric Jacobson

JUNE 16, 2014

He began his career with General Motors of Canada Limited in 1976. After holding several management positions with GM, in 1981 he accepted a position with the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) as manager of a sizeable commercial lending portfolio.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 29, 2013

He began his career with General Motors of Canada Limited in 1976. After holding several management positions with GM, in 1981 he accepted a position with the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) as manager of a sizeable commercial lending portfolio. Thanks to the book publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Books Automotive Review Open-book 64

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

In other words, what employees saw on a careers site or on their company’s social channels, or what they heard from recruiters, was often inconsistent with what they experienced when they joined the company. Take outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia. The company has long stood for enjoying nature and protecting the environment.

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Reputation Brand Attrition How To 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

But here’s what is most surprising to many about the marijuana industry: It’s filled with straight-laced people who built careers – and started successful companies – in other fields. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

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Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in a familiar evaluation of your career and impact. How did your brand move the needle in a market category? Their goal: "We don't want the experience of banking here to feel like banking anywhere else."

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Company Brand Banking Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Many large banks, other financial institutions and some large manufacturing companies also had their own economic staffs. Economists and market design. Here a few notable examples.

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Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

One of the most memorable moments was listening to an executive of a British bank rescued by the government, who told his audience that the economic crisis had been a breakthrough moment in his career. Over the last twelve months, I have seen the best and worst in leadership. What we are learning is priceless," he said.

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Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. For example, banks can use historical transaction data to build algorithms that recognize fraudulent behavior. Other areas where machine intelligence could soon be commonly used include: Career planning.

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Process Company Supply Chain Software 12

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Big-box retailers, like Best Buy, now have large, fast growing e-commerce businesses. Even the big banks are getting social. Yet with 67% of surveyed brand managers planning to launch social media campaigns in the next 12 months, community managers are now amongst the most sought after marketing professionals.

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Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. But doing something as uncertain as starting a business when you could go to work for a big bank or, even better, the government, was countercultural for the best and brightest a decade ago.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g., But attaining one is far from easy.

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Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Horowitz suggests asking your fellow freelancers what the market is like for your skills and what their rates are. When you’ve got the above logistics sorted out, it’s time to “transition to the active marketing stage,” says Horowitz. .” Determine your fee. Get the word out.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The most disruptive, unforeseen, and just plain awesome breakthroughs, that reimagine, reinvent, and reconceive a product, a company, a market, an industry, or perhaps even an entire economy rarely come from the single-minded pursuit of the busier and busier busywork of "business." But you might get a tiny bit closer.

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Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

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.

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Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

One inspiring and instructive case in point is what Ray Davis and his colleagues at Umpqua Bank have achieved over the last two decades, in a field that is about as traditional as it gets. Davis took over as CEO in 1994, when Umpqua was a tiny community bank with five branches in Roseburg, Oregon. ’ So we tried a few things.

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Banking Fashion Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

While most people may shudder at the idea of a stranger coming into their house to rummage through all their photo albums, bank statements, and personal diaries, many of us don’t bat an eyelid when comparable infringements take place online, perhaps because the violation and its consequences are somewhat less visible.

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Media Self-aware Advertising Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Many workers have found, well into their careers, that their physical skills for making and transporting “things” are less relevant and valuable than the once were. New workers embarking on their careers are finding that their education is incomplete in many areas essential to our technology-driven lives today.

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