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. Thanks for adding value to the discussion Rick.

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

The enormity of the challenges confronting pension funds — including substantial deficits, a tumultuous global economy, and a low-return environment — means that they need to be able to focus on maximizing investment returns without distraction. Strong governance. Deft, pre-emptive management.

Politics 8

Politics Hedge Constraint Committee 8

Chris Brady

JUNE 24, 2010

  By the 1960s the Missionaries ofCharity were running hospices, leper homes, and orphanages across India, andsoon thereafter began expanding similar operations around the globe.   Undeterred by such prominent figures positioned opposite her politically,Mother Teresa was unafraid and unashamed to state her position defiantly.

Open-book 115

Open-book Blog Letter Politics 115

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I look at incremental improvements as a necessary part of day-to-day operations, and a necessary component of keeping things current. I visited his church on numerous occasions. Game Changers by @mikemyatt [.]

Blog 322

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 322

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Anything other than this fosters unhealthy dependencies that bring out the worst in people and not the best they have to offer. “Diversity&# has never been an issue for me simply because I don’t make business decisions based upon social mandates or politically correct thinking. of virtually every diversity segment.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

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Process 73

Process EVA Letter Blog 73

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC).

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested. Global business'

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products.

Policies 9

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is a concept fundamental to finance but that, for some reason, has not migrated into supply chain risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Risk Management Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The intersection brings the world's largest companies, biggest machines, and most complex projects into the lives of people who are rich in many ways, but not in the experience or finances to manage that kind of engagement. Similarly, politics above ground can't be separated from successful work below ground.

Industry 8

Industry Politics Operations Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Chinese companies are relatively new to the M&A game, governments in many target markets are quick to detect a political agenda, Chinese companies sometimes struggle to obtain financing or face unexpected political opposition at home, and many acquiring Chinese firms operate in particularly dynamic — and volatile — global markets.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Strategic Planning Politics Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

and the transfer of business risk from "too big to fail" institutions to taxpayers, leading to a "heads I win, tails you lose" relationship between the finance and the rest of the economy. Economy Government Politics' Recent scrutiny of the U.S. The debate has been about enforcement and regulation of the industry.

How To 8

How To GDP Finance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2011

In reality, each country needs the other to succeed in order to thrive — to finance growth, secure export markets, train talent, transfer technology, and more. These same competitors also lobby together to drive a favorable regulatory and political environment.

Apparel 15

Apparel Pharmaceuticals Finance Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

But as information trickles out about how bad the repayment situation in AP is, a plausible global contagion scenario is emerging. In a recent paper, Jonathan Morduch and Jonathan Conning explain the role of debt and equity financing in the microfinance industry. But just rescheduling debt payments may not be enough.

Microfinance 13

Microfinance Debt to Equity Ratio MFI Crisis 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment. Since 2008, through government subsidies, the manufacturing capacity of China''s solar-panel industry grew tenfold, leading to a vast global oversupply.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Inter-domain complexity challenges us whenever a hospital patient has co-morbidities (heart and liver problems for example), or a business problem spans marketing and finance, or a political problem bridges foreign relations and domestic economics. The key, as with so many things in life, is to get beyond either/or.

Finance 8

Finance Education Drucker Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. Looking further into the future, Iran is a potential global trade hub.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. In that case, will the extra growth generate enough extra profits to compensate for the damage from the one-time political disruption?

NPV 13

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The result is a tax system that discourages corporations from locating operations in the U.S., is still an undisputed global leader in coming up with new business ideas and bringing them to market. Finance: The financial sector has come to play too big a role in the U.S. Taxes: The U.S. Innovation and entrepreneurship : The U.S.

Outsourcing 11

Outsourcing Education Policies Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. At the very least, they can give you political cover if the initiative fails; you can blame it on them. Using experienced consultants can lower your risk.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

OpenTable (a restaurant reservations service), Motivate (the operator of CitiBike, Bay Area Bikeshare, and others), and Luxe (a web-based valet parking service) are examples. The current buzz around “smart cities” is driven by many forces, ranging from political leaders to academic writing to vendor enthusiasm.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Entrepreneur Finance Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

The difference is that the United States has its own money , the dollar, while Spain operates on foreign money , the euro. Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo (himself a Harvard economics Ph.D.) The worst part is that southern European governments and banks operate on the euro. In 2011, U.S.

GDP 9

GDP Banking Price Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

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. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license. In Washington, business as usual. Both the U.K.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit. They were also cautious.

CEO 8

CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

With growing congestion a global megatrend, companies have a choice. Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. The Future of Operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Pundits on either end of the political spectrum quote whichever work suits their argument. The Wealth of Nations presupposed actors in the capitalist system operating on the moral framework he laid out in the Theory of Moral Sentiments. Predictably, the right quotes Wealth of Nations and the left quotes The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Morale 16

Morale Self-aware Bottom-up System 16

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

Spare me the sanitized, politically correct rhetoric and just tell me what’s on your mind. 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. What Jack did is what Jack does – he tells you the truth.

Blog 306

Blog Brand Media Influence 306

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. This Internet entrepreneur and business executive is currently the Chief Operating Office at. Sheryl was also the former Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she launched Google’s philanthropic. Sheryl Sandberg.

Chief Operating Officer 198

Chief Operating Officer Advice Entrepreneur Comparison 198