Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. At the center is the customer.

Finance 11

Finance CFO Budgeting Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." But we weren't capturing any of it in our financial reports. But many corporate reports describe sustainability as a "journey" with no explicit destination.

Social Capital 10

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The company’s website reported that Kickstarter has now funded over 50,000 projects , with pledges coming from over 5,000,000 individual backers. Securities and Exchange Commission took a major step toward allowing crowdfunded equity financing. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

Company 11

Company Survey Finance Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, an effort is under way to get insurers, providers, employers, and unions to cooperate in creating a system that can reduce total health care costs and premiums while achieving better outcomes. Each should be measured, reported transparently, and tracked over time.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cooper Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Millions of savers and borrowers listened (and still listen) to reports of record profits at their bank — even as they are told their local branch is closing to save costs. It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Their share of the population has actually declined during the Obama administration, after hitting 51% in 2008 and 2009, reports the Urban Instite/Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center. has developed a dependency problem. "In This is the group previously dubbed "lucky duckies" by the editorial writers at the Wall Street Journal.

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Bottom-up Health Care 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Millions of savers and borrowers listened (and still listen) to reports of record profits at their bank — even as they are told their local branch is closing to save costs. It is something I call community financing. There are many examples of Community Finance initiatives around the world, some large some small.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

In a recent report , we examine ways to harness this potential while limiting and addressing the challenges. First, data cooperatives or pooling involve corporations and other entities joining together to create shared data resources. The practice of using data collaboratives tends to be global and cross-sectoral.

Company 8

Company Policies Media Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

These solutions lie at the intersection of technology development by companies and policy formulation by governments. India’s finance ministry has proposed such an approach to the central bank. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), developed through a principles-based approach, are followed by over 100 countries.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Some of the investments had the sophisticated deal structures of large corporate transactions, some showed private sector engagement driving infrastructure development and quality-of-life improvement, and all demonstrated growing connections between policy and profit at national and international levels. The first report of the U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Commitment Class Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010. In 2010, J.P

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia. Thus, the whole mechanism depends on the development of a norm of cooperation among publishers, just as similar norms have developed in academia.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

The dispatch included disturbing and potentially illegal managerial activities, such as Fowler’s boss telling her she could be fired for reporting the behaviors. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8