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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Alexa Rank : 251,748 Google Page Rank : 5 PostRank Leadership Score : 18 Number of Posts in last 30 days : 30 TwitterGrader Score : 100 All Things Workplace : This blog offers opinions and general information on leadership and leadership development by Steve Roesler. Steve’s insights are thoughtful and always spot-on.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

In low-income countries, according to World Bank data in a recent paper by the consultancy Dalberg, 43% of businesses with between 20 and 99 employees say that access to finance is a major constraint. The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and]

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Short-term budget constraints among both public and private insurers, and the fact that re-allocating resources away from low value services takes time, further limit investments in high-value services. In the last half decade, however, several new HCV treatments have been developed with cure rates exceeding 90%.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Pharmaceuticals Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Both of us have done work on sustainable development and are keen to see a transition away from fossil fuels in order to limit climate change. For many companies, most of the capital expenditures are financed from internal cash flows and bank financing. The question is: will management be receptive to shareholders’ pleas?

Finance 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Both of us have done work on sustainable development and are keen to see a transition away from fossil fuels in order to limit climate change. For many companies, most of the capital expenditures are financed from internal cash flows and bank financing. The question is: will management be receptive to shareholders’ pleas?

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Finance Cost of Capital Constraint Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2011

But even with this renewed attention to innovation, some managers keep projects resource-starved, in the belief that scarcity drives creative invention. Although ingenuity can sometimes spring up when means are scarce, managers beware: It is a dangerous miscalculation to think that starving innovators will feed innovation.

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Constraint Creativity Innovation Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. ” In contrast, men were characterized as ambitious, risk-taking, and eager to test their ideas.

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Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

A major challenge for international development efforts is determining which financial tools provide durable buffers against such setbacks. The Grameen model of microfinance gained a great deal of attention in the international development field after early data showed that it was associated with high repayment and low default.

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Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988. Each of these shifts have consequences for how today’s multinational corporations should manage themselves.

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Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

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LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Other telecoms are offering solutions such as smart parking and waste management systems. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Interference by elected officials — from imposition of local economic development obligations to excessive constraints on head count and compensation that impede recruitment of talented staff — has contributed to poor investment choices, higher total costs, diminished organizations, and disappointing performance at some institutions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries. A focus on the huge need for additional investment and potential difficulties in financing it dominate the debate. trillion a year, on infrastructure over the next 18 years.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

They have learned that some of the constraints they thought were immovable could be reframed by thinking more creatively about how they perform their tasks and what they consider the boundaries of these tasks. So it makes sense for the old to share their insights about finances with the young. What might this look like?

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Intangible Assets Self-aware Reputation Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. In fact, our data indicate that the percentage of women in senior management and boards has been decreasing over the past eight years.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Beyond resources controlled" implies resource constraints. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms. The entrepreneur's task is to manage this uncertainty, while recognizing that certain risks cannot be influenced by their actions. Entrepreneurs face a Catch-22.

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Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners.

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Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

And when I started the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project a few years later, I got some strange looks, for it was odd to be a man talking about work and family at a business school known mainly for its strength in finance. training managers to take a new look at work processes. teaching employees how to generate support from others.

Constraint 15

Constraint Bottom-up Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This makes sense, because the alternative is for behavioral insights to be tried out by individuals or specific departments, and their knowledge and skill are likely to vary: Someone in marketing might use their behavioral knowledge to develop more-effective campaigns, while at the same time someone in HR uses theirs to focus on employee engagement.

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Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This prompted a local labor-management trust fund to begin to consider a new approach: one in which players in the local heath care system address the challenges from the perspective of their region as a whole. A coalition with a local employer has been formed, but it is taking time to develop an implementable model of something truly new.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cooper Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. The other is the idea that as IT socially enables companies, the actual concept of management and how we organize and structure work as practiced today begins to disappear.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

“It’s important to enjoy spending time with your colleagues and your manager,” says Dillon. “You might try to convince your manager to let you work remotely for a month,” he says. “I’ve never known many managers to say no to people offering to help out.” Do they hug? Christensen.

Career 8

Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Although the empirical evidence is mixed, this argument has intuitive logic: Because investors abhor uncertainty, knowing management's expectations is a valuable data point that can strengthen their confidence in the investment. FD) constraints. Otherwise, they may be shackled by Fair Disclosure (Reg.

CFO 11

CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

“Your biggest constraint is how many hours you have to devote to this side project, so commit to an end-date [when you’d ideally like to leave your job] and solve backward from there,” he says. “If you’re cash-rich and time-poor, look for opportunities to trade money for time,” he says. Patch weak spots.

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Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

” Ask about time constraints up front too, says Clark. And what would I need to do to allay the concerns of a potential hiring manager?” The real purpose of informational interviews is to build relationships and “develop future allies, supporters, and champions,” says Lees. But do not ask for it.”

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Information How To Career Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. If hospitals do not aggressively manage the cost of caring for Medicare patients against these fixed payments, losses result. Use data analytics to develop a pathway to higher profitability. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. The losses of U.S.

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Cost Consensus Budgeting System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. Companies that are successful in fueling growth lower hurdle rates and relax other constraints that reflect a bygone era of scarce capital.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Managers act more as enablers and connectors, providing regular feedback and tracking progress. Mission-driven employees naturally expect competitive compensation, but more important is the opportunity to shape the path of innovation, to play a meaningful role in growing the business, and to develop their own leadership chops.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The fact that the continent is tired of being lectured to and treated as a curiosity to sate the intellectual pretensions of Westerners doesn't mean that Africans are blind to the challenges they perceive as obstructing every aspect of their continent's development. Take any newspaper printed in Africa any day.

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Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The small size of unicorns allows the top management teams to be directly and deeply involved in most of the strategic decisions, which are then implemented through a flat organization. They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would suggest that rather than seeking what cannot in most cases ever be achieved, that it makes more sense to seek the highest standard of quality that can be delivered in the shortest period of time, and that is economically balanced relative to the constraints of an ever shifting marketplace.

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Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 409

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In our survey of 30 Brazil country managers in October, 20 reported increased revenue growth, despite the country’s dysfunctional, scandal-ridden politics. Europe’s migrant crisis illustrates how events in developing countries create ripple effects that ultimately affect global business.

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