HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

Impact of artificial intelligence on labor market in future. Since its release in November of last year, the impressive AI chatbot has been used to write cover letters, create a children’s book, and even help students cheat on their essays.

Software 98

Software Finance Advertising McKinsey 98

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. I will be among the crowd checking to see what is revealed in his newest letter. A careful study of Buffett's letters over the past 45 years led me to a startling conclusion: his messages almost never change.

Letter 14

Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 14

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Write letters to the editors and blogs to encourage dialogue. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example, one of eHarmony’s competitive advantages in the matchmaking market is that it limits competition on both sides of the match. It''s a nice primer on a range of views about what search engines should and shouldn''t reveal, and how the extraordinarily powerful company in the middle of the battle is responding.

Management 9

Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. Most investors liked the business model and the fact that I was educated in Nigeria and knew the market. That's why most investments in Africa are in mature industries like oil & gas, real estate, and finance, among others.

Entrepreneur 13

Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Development Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Looking at the resumes of current CEOs across developed markets suggests that the answer may be that many lack training in the skills of investment analysis. As the chart below shows, only half of the CEOs of companies in the Dow Jones Index have previous experience in corporate finance or strategy.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I do have a 15-year-old who could not in a million years be bothered to send Apple’s Tim Cook a letter urging him to “meaningfully accelerate and increase the magnitude of share repurchases.” He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. Wait a while.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8