Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

You don’t need to break the bank to offer attractive extras. Offering an unlimited time-off policy can be a win-win for employer and employee. In some cases, under an unlimited time-off policy, employees take the same amount of vacation time. But what should a business do if it can’t afford Google-sized benefits?

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank.

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. Firms applied for credit to finance recovery. Challenge risk financing conventions. Businesses likely need new forms of risk financing.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. The counseling is just one aspect of a broad commitment to embed gender considerations in all of KWFT's HR policies.

Microfinance 15

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.). This question attempts to tease out an unconscious assumption that "we will always be in business."

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Human resources management. The Corporate Strategist is an idea person who has run businesses, knows about all other categories, deals in concepts and policies, and possesses sophisticated understanding and insight. Academic, research. Out-of-pocket expenses are customarily passed through to clients, without markup.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Because entrepreneurship reliably generates jobs, and joblessness — especially among young people or failing states – is probably one of the most significant root causes of the unrest and extremism vexing American foreign policy and threatening American security today. And this is a budding field. We are talking about the U.S.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8