Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Yet most remain uneasy or uninvolved when it comes to talking about and managing money. When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home. — USA Today.

Finance 8

Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2019

One has to be razor-sharp and ever ready to learn in this dynamic sector. You can be an entrepreneur, in business communication, accounting and finance or more, and still reap the benefit of this course. Brilliant management skills are mandatory to run such tasks successfully. Learn new market trends.

Skills 13

Skills Sharpe Trends Course 13

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

That operating cash flow is much higher than net income at a company that has been investing huge amounts of money as it strives for global retail domination isn’t a big surprise, although the sheer size of the difference, and the sharp upward trajectory of the cash flow line, is still staggering. Finance Internet Retail'

Retail 21

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 21

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. And managers aren’t helping. Too worried about their own hides, most managers don’t have time or energy to focus on anyone else’s. But the reality is the bigger burden is on employees. Liane Davey. Monique Valcour.

Career 15

Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. economy is still in a deep funk, and for many small business owners that means business isn’t exactly booming.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. Yet Russia remains an important part of most Western multinationals’ emerging markets portfolios. For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian

Policies 9

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

An example was a discussion session of tired-looking European finance ministers, defensive and elusive about the speed of acting on the Euro crisis. Rather, their biggest barrier by far (about 85% of the time) relates to the internal complexity of their organizations and the management of their energy against that.

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Porter Goleman Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Along the way, I’ve talked to hundreds of founders, sales and marketing leaders, customer success VPs, and front-line reps about how to build a customer-first SaaS organization. Your #1 focus at this stage is product-market fit. Set up a simple workflow to manage customer requests. What to do. What to do. What not to do.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

In after-hours trading, the company’s share price fell 9% — representing $44 billion in lost market value. This kind of sharp price movement on seemingly modest news is not a new or isolated occurrence for Apple. As I write this, on Thursday morning, the loss for the week is nearing 10%.

Price 8

Price Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Setting up small, high-performing virtual teams has enormous potential for companies to increase sales, penetrate new markets, improve business processes and come up with the next generation of disruptive innovations. There is no Plan B,” says Micah Sharp, GM of Red Giant, “It’s us.”. But putting together a great team is tricky.

Team 8

Team Sharpe Disruptive Innovation Bottom-up 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

By understanding and managing the perception of others my managing our own attitudes and acceptance of others even when they don’t agree with us is vital to our ability to expand our own knowledge and skills and to be perceived as a true leader. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As business managers know, tariffs and quotas take time to shift sales from foreign to domestic sources—time they don't have during financial crises, as the credit needed to make payroll and to pay for parts and components dries up. So managers shouldn't make assumptions that foreign governments choose their favorites in the same way.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies Globalization Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

This was usually the best part of her week — visiting one of her company's supermarkets, talking to the store manager, walking through the aisles, watching the employees interact with the customers. The previous night, Luisa had met with Maria Alva, Superado's finance vice president. It was Jorge, the store manager.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Policies Retail 10

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Bert.

Blog 387

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 387

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Approximately 13% of subscription businesses tracked by the subscription-related website My Subscription Addiction have failed, and many more have seen sharp reversals of fortune. They argue that the market has become saturated because of the barriers to entry are low (do we really need 53 subscription box companies offering sex products?),

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. It is about making timely sharp turns, planned and executed with reason. Will taxes go up or down? Will new concessions be announced? Will doors open further to foreign investment or competition?

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8