Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. Whereas activists in Japan have historically been treated with scorn for attempting to extract value from the system, they can now point to the fact that their actions are consistent with the government’s policy goals. In the U.S.,

ROE 8

ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This is partly due to the tendency to grow more than needed as a hedge against weather and disease and fluctuating wholesale and retail orders. Retailers can also share productivity-enhancing knowledge and techniques to help farmers increase their production efficiency and boost farm product quality. In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

When Tough Performance Goals Lead to Cheating. To appreciate how significant simply identifying an ethical dilemma is, consider the choice of Rajat Gupta, the former managing director of McKinsey & Company, to call a billionaire hedge fund trader after a Goldman Sachs board meeting. Mark Chussil. Colm Healy and Karen Niven.

Ethics 8

Ethics Training Biotechnology Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. The benefits are diffuse, including economic growth, city competitiveness, more jobs for more people, and more efficient use of scarce resources such as energy (which leads to less pollution).

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

Complexifiers like to hedge their bets and not commit to a definitive course of action, particularly since some new information might surface that will change the plan. Do we have an efficient process for rapid review and course correction? Have we agreed on the key priorities? Some people are naturals at simplification.

Hedge 8

Hedge Metrics Planning Course 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

While these tools are giving us a wealth of opportunity when it comes to working more efficiently and collaboratively, we have to remember to always be cautious in regards to how we’re using, sharing, and collecting data. What are cybercriminals usually after? What should companies be protecting?

Health Care 8

Health Care Hedge Banking Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That can help to make you a lot more efficient. In Moneyball that on-base percentage is better than batting average looks like ‘OK, well, the goal is to score runs. That b t detector for lack of a better term, where you see a data set and you have at least a first approach on how much signal there is there.

Mentor 16

Mentor Career Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could accept lower returns in exchange for accomplishing social goals. Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about. That actually helps charities become more efficient and more useful.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We rightfully add safety systems to things like planes and oil rigs, and hedge the bets of major banks, in an effort to encourage them to run safely yet ever-more efficiently. The reasons are rooted partly in the pernicious nature of complexity, and partly in the way that human beings psychologically respond to risk.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Hedge System 8