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.

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Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2011

Using no back lighting, readable in direct sun and at any angle, the image would draw no power once it had appeared — enabling the device to avoid heavy batteries. This was not to be a man-in-a-garage-with-duct-tape project, but one requiring the resources of the MIT Media Lab and over $150 million in financing for the startup, E Ink.

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Constraint Creativity Innovation Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

But, like pharmaceuticals, each of these entities is represented by powerful lobbyists (such as physician and hospital organizations), who will strongly oppose any steps to reduce payments. Similar approaches could be used to help finance high-value health care investments that otherwise would be unaffordable.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Pharmaceuticals Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Personal savings, insurance, credit, cash transfers from family and friends and other financing mechanisms offer promising opportunities to create security and steady employment but they require a nuanced understanding of product design and the local market conditions in order to be effective.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. At first blush, it seems relatively easy to build an algorithm that has greater predictive power than the personal credit scores that some lenders continue to use as their primary small business credit indicator.

Credit Scoring 10

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

We all have a stake in the infrastructure surrounding us — the roads, buildings, power lines, and telephone networks that we rely on daily. A focus on the huge need for additional investment and potential difficulties in financing it dominate the debate. an estimated $100 billion per year.

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

If you find yourself dwelling on what holds you back, Johnson recommends “reframing the constraints.” “The constraints are actually helpful.” “The constraints are actually helpful.” Don’t: Discount the power of making small changes to your routine and environment.

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Career How To Learning-by-Doing Constraint 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Given the power dynamics involved in the boss/worker relationship, this is a bad idea, and not only because it's, well, a bad idea. But the theory of psychological reactance suggests that, even when the boss is not otherwise resented, people will react against any perception of a new constraint by rebelling against it.

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How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2015

Although most people are aware of a few individuals in positions of power who have displayed a lack of character and can cite the damage they have perpetrated, this problem is much more pervasive than most people realize. This crisis doesn’t require people in positions of power and importance to solve it. How Bad Is The Crisis?

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Crisis Books Ethics Incubator 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Given that potential range of outcomes, it’s wonderful that there is such a smart (and well financed) group of people being so thoughtful on the subject. Coming from folks who are at the upper echelons of the system, it’s a pretty powerful statement.

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Altman Press Release Constraint System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Access to credit is a key constraint for entrepreneurs. At first blush, it seems relatively easy to build an algorithm that has greater predictive power than the personal credit scores that some lenders continue to use as their primary small business credit indicator.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Beyond its predictive power, this approach also achieves speed, scalability, and evolvability. But it’s dangerous and naïve to assume that better technology and more data guarantee better outcomes.

Strategy 8

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. Why," some of my colleagues wondered, "Are you focusing on this women's issue?".

Constraint 15

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The risks in lower energy prices have a lot more to do with sustainability of some of the governments around the world that are really dependent on commodity revenues for their own legitimacy and power. People see all of the economic constraints in growth around the world. When you talk about what drives the U.S.

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Price Energy Constraint Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Insurers leverage their purchasing power to exact discounts from providers and their administrative power to reduce benefits. Employers leverage their power in labor markets where workers have limited job options to extract higher deductibles and out-of-pocket payments from employees. Fix the Handful of U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cooper Insurance Cost 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. By long tradition, women in that country face strong social and cultural constraints on their mobility and professional aspirations.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Scholars from a number of fields have offered explanations for this transition, including globalization, technological change, declining unionization, heightened product market competition, and the rise of finance. These changes may provide a powerful incentive for corporate organizations to forge longer-term commitments with their workers.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

How to Negotiate with Someone More Powerful than You. We have to remember that they may be operating under constraints as well.” The winning company would not only design and install the project, but also finance it and own it for 20 years, selling power to the residents at a discounted rate. Further Reading.

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Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. Facing these clear resource constraints, businesses will need to adapt, and soon.

Energy 12

Energy Supply Chain Constraint Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Secondly, beyond opportunity and flexibility, the level of productivity possible in the operations I describe above has been boosted several-fold by the growing proliferation of next generational models in finance, banking, and logistics. infrastructure. Therein lies its limitation in driving the African Renaissance.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation. Any business needs to make money eventually, but the power of rapid scaling is a huge competitive advantage that those in the Valley understand keenly. Think like engineers and customers.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Charles Hensley''s perspective about tax inversion challenges us to think about ''national'' status, incentives, and the constraints of 20th C thinking. IFJ is a rapidly expanding student-run publication that seeks to educate the undergraduate community about topics in finance, economics, business and technology.

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Finance Incentives Education Pharmaceuticals 131

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Digital players wield outsize market power. In this category, we primarily looked at three subcategories: inputs (financing options, talent retention, startup capacity), process (how sophisticated are firms’ business processes, and what’s the level of R&D?), Innovation and change.

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Innovation Policies Technology Politics 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. Good is the enemy of great.

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Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 409

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. The goal for 2035 is “enter the front ranks of second tier manufacturing powers,” and the target for 2045 is to “enter the first tier with world leading technology and industrial systems.”

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Unfortunately, the business outlook could change if ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returns to office and fulfills his pledges to cancel pension reform and budget constraints. China’s military buildup now allows it to project power across those sea lanes, challenging the freedom of navigation guaranteed by the U.S.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9