Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

There are two groups of people who may put up the capital needed to run a business: investors who purchase stock and debt holders who buy bonds or issues loans to the company. “At most companies, the cost of capital is a mechanical calculation done by the finance people. Finance & Accounting Tool. Further Reading.

Cost of Capital 8

Cost of Capital Cost Finance Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Yes, financial institutions should be environmentally responsible in their own operations. Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

For example, HR consulting firm Mammoth considers its unlimited time-off policy a success not just for what it does but also for the message it sends about company culture: Employees are treated as individuals who can be trusted to responsibly manage their workload regardless of how many days they take off.

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Last week, LDK Solar , a struggling Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers and panels, announced that it had missed $24 million in bond payments. This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

For example, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has been working with IBM to use Watson to treat certain forms of cancer for over six years, and the system still isn’t ready for broad use despite availability of high-quality talent in cancer care and AI. This is particularly true for complex knowledge domains.

Company 8

Company Maturity System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

and the transfer of business risk from "too big to fail" institutions to taxpayers, leading to a "heads I win, tails you lose" relationship between the finance and the rest of the economy. Recent scrutiny of the U.S. The debate has been about enforcement and regulation of the industry. Both valid points, but both miss the crucial issue.

How To 8

How To GDP Finance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

Take, for example, Clara, an HR specialist who was promoted a level above her boss to become her company’s director of operations. The new assignment meant managing people who had been her superiors and overseeing functions, like finance, in which she had no expertise. It was depressing — even embarrassing at times.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Finance Definition Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. Banks, for example, have a very strong correlation between consistency on key customer journeys and overall performance in customer experience.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

For example, surgical patients tend to give hospitals higher ratings than patients admitted with chronic medical conditions. Two, leadership rounds are an important means of exposing non-medical leaders in finance, operations, and other areas of the hospitals to the front lines of patient care. Customers Health Operations'

Health Care 9

Health Care COO Operations Storytelling 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A simple example is the all-hands meeting. When an organization is small enough that each member can have a personal relationship with every other, or at least recognize their faces and names, gathering everyone for regular meetings strengthens social bonds and bolsters the feeling that “we are one company.”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. The main challenge is that investors are very good at understanding a single asset with standalone cash flows — a toll road, for example, or a power plant, or an apartment building.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Instead of promoting, for example, Hershey’s Syrup, chocolate bars, and Hershey’s kisses separately, the company is running an advertising campaign that unites all Hershey branded treats in a single commercial, emphasizing the corporate brand name over individual product lines. Customer retention. Increased flexibility.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Company Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. To make sense of all of this activity, I made a list of the year’s big themes, looking for the bigger story across multiple examples. utility sector.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The sad reality is that as in the dot.com example mentioned above, culture run amok can kill companies. When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve. I think not, and I’ll explain why.

Blog 366

Blog Strategy Brand Bottom-up 366

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

John Macomber, a senior lecturer in the finance unit at Harvard Business School, has studied infrastructure financing around the world. Further, thousands of municipalities and agencies still issue municipal bonds to finance water, power, road, and other projects that are largely self-funding or “bankable” projects.

Banking 8

Banking Objective Finance Proposal 8