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

JUNE 12, 2012

The Spanish Prime Minister has become preoccupied with creating market confidence, as was the Irish Prime Minister in the run up to the EU/IMF bailout. Before the crisis, both countries had respectable debt profiles. One of those banks, Anglo-Irish Bank, lent 67 billion euros to the non-financial sector (real estate) in 2007 alone.

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Banking Construction Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small business sales were hit hard during the crisis and may still be soft, undermining firms demand for loan capital. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores. These developments, while promising, are not without risks.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Position yourself in market segments that will grow. The landscape has undergone major transformations since the global financial crisis. The recession eliminated some market segments and redefined others. This is the time to revisit the market spaces you occupy and position yourself to ride the uptick. Upgrade skills.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

With interest rates at historic lows, market volatility, political uncertainty, the European crisis, severe commodity price fluctuations, and other unpredictable market conditions, corporate brands and executives have been understandably inclined to sit on the sidelines. But history shows that cash cannot sit idle indefinitely.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist White Paper Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the depths of the financial crisis. Amazon has its below-the-radar " Mechanical Turk " workplace market.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Where was its leadership bench?

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. But there is a question that hasn’t been asked: Is there a digital upside to this crisis? Sounds bad, right?

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We'd lost half of our market value in just one year. That is what is helping employees feel more fulfilled despite even this latest economic crisis. A high percentage of the city's real estate has been abandoned. Perhaps you've heard the story. We were at a strategic crossroads for our shareholders. The Flywheel Effect.

Company 14

Company Real Estate Retail Commitment 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Rather than stick together in crisis situations and collectively investigate the problems, both Ford and Firestone distanced themselves from each. Running the business. The Big Picture.

Crisis 61

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 61

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

We are also bringing students to India and Haiti to do ethnographic research that will inform development of a $300 House, and when prototypes are developed, they will be deployed and tested with those who will live in them. We simply disagree with the idea that if it's a market, it can't also be a socially progressive solution.

Suri 13

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

“I don’t think they’re missing people who are working; they’re just categorizing them using methods they developed in 1950. I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade.

MBO 10

MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. In 1922, Sears’s rural mail-order catalogue business was already facing an existential crisis.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!

Leadership 420

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This is a familiar scene for companies building mines, pipelines, oil fields, and, more recently, even renewable energy and large real estate projects. A study of 19 publicly traded junior gold-mining companies found that one-third of their market capitalization is a function of their stakeholder relations.

Company 9

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 9

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MAY 19, 2022

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Handbook 94

Handbook Public Relations Chief Executive Officer How To 94

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12