Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. It also requires setting up aligned incentives between city teams and business divisions. That mandate is worth keeping.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

The companies recognized that many of the problems in the agriculture industry — such as low productivity, resource scarcity, and market volatility — posed threats to their businesses and were likely to intensify as demand for food increased along with the global population. Enable mutual accountability for progress.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Conversely, why market cigarettes? DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did. In their pursuit of margin, marketers sought market power even to the point of monopoly, requiring antitrust laws to cry stop at the last moment of the end game.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers. But what’s the role of investors?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Political spending, climate change, diversity, and human rights are now some of the most frequent resolutions that investors file. In contrast, fair marketing and advertising of products are very important for companies in these sectors. Proposals on immaterial issues were associated with subsequent declines in market valuation.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Advertising Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are important categories to consider. But a market never buys anything. And, since they were spread out across a geographically diverse area, they represented a large enough market to support renewed profitable growth. Creating the right sales processes and incentives.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Corporations booking record profits as cities , states , and countries go broke have little (read: zero) incentive to actually do much get people, communities, and society out of this mess. Talk is cheap (and the more talk there is, the cheaper it gets). Hence, the atmosphere of groupthink. Your Mom tends to tell you what you want to hear.

Ethics 15

Ethics Globalization Groupthink Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. Faced with this uncertainty, most investors have chosen one of three options.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

By competing on products, we respond to the market. By competing on serving customers, we can understand, anticipate, stimulate, and influence market demands. CEOs and boards: Esquel's governance and incentive structure allow it to persistently embrace and pursue the values described above.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

For many years, private-sector providers and other business interests have responded to a combination of patients’ actual needs and market opportunities while trying to optimize earnings. By contrast, nearly every program at Parkland “loses” money (if you think in typical hospital-finance terms).

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12