Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

The security lessons our users learn on Facebook could help them develop safer online habits — such as using unique passwords or checking app permissions — that can be used on other sites, too. We believe this collective expertise helps us avoid possible issues by addressing them early on in the development process.

Tools 8

Tools Engineering Rate of Return Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 21, 2020

What’s more, if I asked you how you’d achieve that goal, your answer would be surprisingly similar to most: “I’ll buy a lottery ticket, play the stock market, launch a business, or invent the next big thing.” This assumes an 8% rate of return.) Most people would say, “yes.” Do you want to be a millionaire? Financial freedom.

Short-term 105

Short-term Budgeting Reputation Rate of Return 105

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Finally, innovation in the financial markets are funding novel approaches to address these problems. Soon after, when Khan began tutoring his niece in mathematics while working at a hedge fund, he hit upon the idea of developing short video tutorials on YouTube. Take the story of Salman Khan and the eponymous Khan Academy.

Bond 11

Bond Education Finance Video 11

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The paper utilizes longitudinal administrative data from Germany to shed light on the long-term benefits of apprenticeship training programs for workers entering the labor market after completing secondary school. Skills matter The analysis of longitudinal wage data revealed that skill development is the primary driver of early wage growth.

Career 101

Career Training Rate of Return Education 101

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

A recent NBER working paper documents that from 1985 to 2014 this trading strategy would have yielded a large annualized average rate of return of 9.2%. The food sector’s profitability is negatively correlated with drought because agricultural output hinges on climate conditions.

Company 9

Company Porter Forrester Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

helped to develop the principle of shifting from low-frequency, high-volume irrigation to high-frequency, low-volume irrigation", the system known as drip irrigation. But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it. What is Netafim's secret?

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Mission Statement Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9