Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

My perspective and approach to misconduct risk are influenced by my work as a bank supervisor, and by my background and training as an economist. A firm’s cultural capital is a type of asset that impacts what a firm produces and how it operates. Investments in cultural capital is one way to reduce that risk.

Company 10

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping behavior in organizations, there is little consensus on what organizational culture actually is, never mind how it influences behavior and whether it is something leaders can change. Culture is powerfully shaped by incentives.

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Incentives Definition Pharmaceuticals System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. Yes, it can be self-serving. So what is it?

Politics 13

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Estimates of the annual medical costs of obesity range from $147–$210 billion , approximately 40% of which is financed by Medicare and Medicaid. While information is important, there is scant evidence that providing consumers with it is effective in influencing people toward healthier choices.

Price 8

Price Policies Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

last year, unemployment is slowly decreasing , and public finances are improving faster than anticipated. Thanks to the extension of private agreements to all workers and companies, labor unions are able to exert a much wider influence than their narrow membership would allow. GDP grew by 1.9%

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Proposal GDP Airlines Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets. A public commitment to such an effort creates an incentive to follow through. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. of the time.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. By competing on serving customers, we can understand, anticipate, stimulate, and influence market demands.

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Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

But the move to SaaS comes with considerable challenges: Firms will need to change their structure , sales culture, and incentives , and convince existing as well as new customers of the new offering’s value.

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Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. Talk about how complex marketing has become is very much in vogue, but there’s much less discussion about the operational (and diplomatic) muscle CMOs need in order to get things done.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot. Down: CMOs lose influence and authority.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Span of Control Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. One proven way of keep patients engaged is by using financial incentives. For example, we found that a daily lottery incentive worth only $1.40

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

What will the advent of big data mean for management research, given the incentives in our publication process I’ve described above? Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. Being provocative may be more impactful than being right.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

This highlights how often the foreign operations of companies have been harmed during the crisis era. Contests for influence over public policy have an added edge for managers during crises. Why haven't WTO rules stopped all this discrimination from happening? It turns out that the coverage of WTO rules is uneven.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies Globalization Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

That is almost the same as their operating income for the year. If we account for a proportion of imports and the amount of exports and conservatively estimate that $125 billion is the net imports, and the tax rate on deficit contribution is 20%, that would be a $25 billion impact to shareholders.

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Short-term Budgeting Policies Incentives 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. Change the Rules.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Because many companies are operating with lower margins today than in the past, they need increased flexibility to better manage costs and inventory. Stakeholders such as investors, suppliers, distributors, and even communities are growing in their influence over companies’ practices as well as their outcomes. Stakeholder appeal.

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Advertising Brand Company Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

But do CEOs also affect how their employees make choices in areas not directly related to firm operations, such as politics? This is the question we investigated in our recent research , and we found that political preferences of CEOs do have a significant influence on the political decisions of their employees. In fact, 95.5%

Politics 8

Politics CEO Sample Influence 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

_After all, culture is defined by the behaviors that are incented and repeated inside your company. I think not, and I’ll explain why. Even though I have seen this phrase quoted by some very bright people whom I respect, it just doesn’t resonate with me. _I wrote a post on my experience on this topic a couple months back.

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