The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The importance of migrants was underlined during the Covid-19 crisis when it was revealed that the founders of both BioNTech and Moderna, two of the companies at the forefront of the development of a vaccine against the virus, are immigrants to the United States and Germany respectively. This should perhaps come as no surprise.

Policies 102

Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 102

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

Directory 167

Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The HR Digest: What measure(s) did you take with your team to ensure that Bevel’s global corporate culture would reflect its D&I goals? Vincent Chee: There is a niche intersection between cutting-edge technology/finance and strategic communications. Can you give a specific example?

Diversity 52

Diversity PR Long-term Short-term 52

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Among the many things that make leadership more challenging today is the global market in which leaders must compete. The best example I can give you of how competitive things have become globally is that my daughter recently completed her PhD from an Ivy League school – out of 22 students she was the only one from the United States.

Blog 298

Blog Leadership Brand Media 298

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

When asked how he transformed a lack-luster, institutional, global corporate giant into a dynamic culture focused on innovation and growth, Welch responded by saying; “My job is to put the best people on the biggest opportunities and the best allocation of dollars in the right places.

Entrepreneur 340

Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 340

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. How will the crisis of problematic loans in Italian banks be resolved?

Finance 8

Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Evidence of de-globalization — think Brexit and other attacks on international interdependence — is everywhere. Boards of directors of global corporations will increasingly face strategic choices and capital allocation decisions framed by mounting geo-political risks. at the forefront.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

With the continued rapid development of technology taking the concept of globalization and turning it into hard reality facing businesses of all sizes, it is time for executives and entrepreneurs to examine their current business models from a disruptive perspective.

Business Model 316

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 316

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Great CEOs possess the ability to refine their thinking and leadership skills to reflect the evolving needs of the enterprise and the changing global business climate. Stating that a CEO of a start-up should operate with the same term limit constraints of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company is very unrealistic and dangerous thinking.

CEO 289

CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 289

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The Global Digital Economy. To keep the rise of global temperatures below 1.5 In its latest report , Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies points to an “affordability crisis” in the U.S. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. Strategies for growth in a connected world. housing sector.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Therefore, in order for new identity verification approaches to be widely adopted by government and business, they will need to leverage multiple layers of currently available information and technologies to help individuals prove identity to a prospective employer, creditor, educational institution, etc. Insight Center. Sponsored by Varonis.

Crisis 9

Crisis Insurance Technology Credit Scoring 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

With growing congestion a global megatrend, companies have a choice. A looming crisis. First, it’s important to understand the magnitude of the coming congestion crisis and its underlying drivers. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. CIOs need to understand business better, but the C-suite should understand technology''s potential better. As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

A global world needs global banks — whether we as their local customers like it or not. Even before the banking crisis of 2008, something was gradually, but undeniably, in decline. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. It is something I call community financing.

Banking 9

Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

The answer is that we have too much of both and they threaten the nascent global recovery. Prior to the global financial crisis, deflation looked like a uniquely Japanese problem. The policy response to the global financial crisis exacerbated and entwined these trends still further.

GDP 8

GDP Bond Banking Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

A global world needs global banks — whether we as their local customers like it or not. Even before the banking crisis of 2008, something was gradually, but undeniably, in decline. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. It is something I call community financing.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The land reforms triggered a series of events that spiraled into a major economic crisis and caused formal unemployment to soar to 90%. Technology : Providers of mobile banking and cash transfer solutions are doing particularly well in the economy due to the country’s multi-currency exchange regime and low availability of U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

To me, that highlights the importance of reading, watching, listening and generally paying attention to what’s happening, not only locally, but also globally. I think too that in order to be alert to those events that create the need or provide the invitation for change, a leader must be open to new information all of the time.

Blog 335

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 335

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

New research confirms the financial crisis has significantly exacerbated business complexity. Complexity stemming from globalization or technology rank much lower in the list of causes. Businesses are focusing on technological solutions to tackle complexity.

Crisis 78

Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

If you''re a technological latecomer, you can grow fast by importing foreign technology, but once you''ve succeeded in that you have to start investing in and developing your own, which is a harder task. And they ended up with a financial crisis in 1997-8. China Economy Finance'

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

From digital technology to business and financial models, we interact with the world by means of quantification. For example, we need nuclear reactors to solve some of our energy needs and to mitigate global warming. Any system that involves human behavior, like economics or finance, is inherently self-referential.

Uncertainty 15

Uncertainty Finance System Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The financial crisis is a prime example of too few people holding the reins. Harvard professor Robert Eccles' research spotlights the often overlooked fact that, "Globalization has concentrated economic power within a group of large companies who are now able to change the world at a scale historically reserved for nations."

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Regarding the latter, we point to some well-documented and broadly perceived shifts in the geography, demography, and technology of global economic activity. The "Asian Contagion" currency crisis that depressed Thailand, Indonesian, South Korean and other currencies by as much as 70% was not yet over.

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well. How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? How do you get corporations to invest in a significant way? Triple the U.S.

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This one was called “The World’s Top 25 Leadership Experts” In my often understated way, I admitted to finding this one really irritating, more than presumptuous and certainly not representative of a true global population of expert leaders.

Diversity 305

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 305

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

That is, until a crisis forced them to wake up. The paradox is that companies spend millions acquiring competitive or market “intelligence” from armies of vendors and deploy the latest technology disseminating the information internally. Some estimate the market for market research alone at $20 billion annually.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company Drucker Review 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Just as the Internet is revolutionizing retail, we at Alibaba believe it will eventually do the same to fundamentally information-driven industries such as finance, education, and healthcare. We as Chinese citizens must raise awareness as much as possible about our environmental crisis. China Global business Government'

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain PR Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics. In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Some of these problems occurred before the 2008 crisis and some since then. These business leaders must, however, be aided by highly competent legal, financial, risk, compliance, audit and technology staff. And will the intensity and focus of top management remain in 12 or 18 months when the current crisis has passed?

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

Two, working globally stretches human abilities to adapt to different cultures and different situations. Global economics can determine survivability of neighborhood businesses. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. One, our economic conditions are very tough.

Blog 280

Blog Leadership Consultative Brand 280

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Carlos is responsible for more than 300 brands globally, and it’s no wonder why – he has a plan and he’s sticking to it. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. More candor can only be good for business. You can’t protect jobs with walls. What’s the ROI on a handshake?

Blog 315

Blog Brand Media Influence 315

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Following the global economic crisis of 2008, large bonuses and stock options have been held responsible for overly risky behavior and short-term strategies. This has led to arguments that executive compensation needs to be organized differently so that the variable component motivates the right behaviors.

Execution 8

Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It has been 10 years since the global financial crisis, and the fall-out continues in the industry that was at its epicenter: banking. There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For some banks, the answer is simply: Yes.

Banking 8

Banking McKinsey Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The late 1940s were a tough time for the fledgling electronic equipment maker that would eventually become one of the America’s best-known technology companies. The second World War had left business slow and finances strained. Fast forward to the next global financial crisis.

Management 8

Management Uncertainty Crisis Short-term 8