The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

The researchers suggest that the desire for small firms to move could be because they have a smaller order book that doesn’t allow them to hedge their risk in the way larger firms can. “The Government and its trade-promoting agencies need to provide guidance on strategies for adapting to these new trade destinations.

Supply Chain 83

Supply Chain Hedge Credit Risk Bureaucracy 83

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Want to improve your shareholder management strategies? Public companies can have tens, hundreds, or even thousands of individual and institutional shareholders, like mutual fund companies, pension funds, or hedge funds. This article explores everything business owners need to know about shareholder management.

Management 88

Management Hedge Efficiency Finance 88

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2020

After all, with so many happy customers under your belt, there’s no reason to deprive potential new clients of your skillfully manicured lawns and pristinely trimmed hedges. It’s specifically designed to streamline business operations and improve productivity, whether it’s in servicing current clients or even marketing to new ones.

Quality 75

Quality Software Efficiency Hedge 75

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

This can cover situations such as growing a business (which requires ‘growth capital’ for expansion or development); financing operational changes such as restructuring to make the business more profitable; financing acquisitions of other companies; or delisting a public company in order to give it private status.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Finance Hedge Restructuring 66

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. Tim Ellis/Getty Images. According to US SIF , at the end of 2018 there was $8.72

Hedge 9

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. Google may not have a hedge fund, but it's unlikely that high IQ hedge funds aren't using Google's data to better manage their own situational awareness and risk.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2018

Because so many of the modern approaches to the any industry is hedging its bets on automation, and with the advent of driverless trucks on the horizon, the average truck driver is, naturally, very concerned about their earning potential. As it stands, the industry looks like it’s going to operate in the same capacity as it ever did.

Industry 59

Industry Hedge Entrepreneur Bond 59

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Are you a master of strategy? It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. My question is: “What strategy might help to encourage leaders to run daily with what you say here?”

Blog 324

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 324

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.”

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. It must be embedded in what we call the integrated strategy machine. Amazon represents the state-of-the-art in deploying an integrated strategy machine.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Corporate strategy is complex, and the advice is expensive. This makes corporate strategy an enormous and untapped prize for “robos” and “AI-enabled” expert advice across the entire enterprise; this market is ripe for disruption much the way the financial investing industry was in 2008.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

These spending choices require tradeoffs, so entrepreneurs must first develop a strategy for allocating limited resources across a wide range of available options. After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. The first is Colin.

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

Successful companies thrive in uncertainty by incorporating change into their strategy. Instead of basing a strategy on conditions at a specific point in time, leaders engage in a continual cycle of execute, monitor, and adapt , redirecting the company toward the best opportunities over time. Options and hedges.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Hedge Automotive Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Most corporations consist of multiple divisions, which set their own strategy (what we generally refer to as "business strategy"). Yet corporate top management invariably tries hard to force each unit into an overarching strategy. But more often than not, these dvisions have very little to do with one another.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable. That may or may not be the case for all teams, but that is the implication. link] Principal (le?) consensus kills teams [.]

Consensus 325

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 325

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. A great insight into how the advertising industry operates combined with enough fictional drama to keep you binge watching those episodes. Set in New York, it tells the story of the U.S. I Give It a Year.

Entrepreneur 51

Entrepreneur Gordon Supply Chain Advertising 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

When it comes to preparing organizations for a complex, high-speed future, many people who work in those organizations, or in management science, talk about the imperative for “ continuous improvement ” in operations. In this sense, culture is strategy. One crucial measure of this success is adaptability.

Development 8

Development Company Hedge Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Beginning with Criticality, they might ask, “How critical is the oil pipeline in Abuja, Nigeria, to the company’s overall operations?” The CSO would rank Criticality like this: 5 – Loss of the pipeline would stop operations. 4 – Loss would reduce operations considerably.

Tools 11

Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. Make no mistake: John Lewis and Waitrose are bold and aggressive players in their respective marketplaces, known for high-touch service and booming internet operations.

Definition 8

Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

And our analysis suggests there are strategies that they can use to compete successfully online. By comparison, online lenders face capital costs that can be higher than 10%, sourced from potentially fickle institutional investors like hedge funds. Lending to small and medium-sized businesses is ready to move online. Eastern Bank).

Banking 11

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 11

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Sometimes this strategy even works. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

To better understand how design leads to returns, my company, Motiv Strategies, and the Design Management Institute worked together to produce a new tool that tracks the results of design-centric companies against those that are not. Starting with a list of over 75 publicly-traded U.S. Design is expected and trusted to lead Nike.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Sometimes this strategy even works. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. His response: “While I think using 13Fs to track hedge fund stock-pickers works great, in my mind it works less so for the activist guys.” Why’s that? Apple Finance Skill vs. luck'

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

” Senior executives hedge their plans because they don’t trust the numbers from finance. 75% — an estimate of the fraction of total cost associated with hidden data factories in simple operations, based on two simple tools, the so-called Friday Afternoon Measurement and the “rule-of ten.”

Cost 8

Cost Hedge Quality Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Some institutions, such as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board , are stand-alone legal entities with an independent board and a requirement to operate at arm’s length from government. We pay competitively but no hedge fund-size packages.” Autonomy for pension institutions starts with a strong governance framework.

Politics 8

Politics Hedge Constraint Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We propose a four-pronged strategy to help retailers reduce food waste as it occurs in food farming and food production, in the stores themselves, and during consumption. 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. In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

A scorecard that links financials with learning initiatives and other operations would serve as a cross-check for managers. Get Started With Big Data: Tie Strategy to Performance. What If Google Had a Hedge Fund? BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER. Why Data Will Never Replace Thinking. The Apple Maps Debate and the Real Future of Mapping.

CAPEX 15

CAPEX Balanced Scorecard Hedge Software 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School and I have argued that companies have an opportunity and obligation to create shared value by pursuing profits and competitive advantage in ways that strengthen the communities where they operate. -based companies using questionable corporate practices that are entirely legal.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

They might impersonate a bank, saying, “Hey, I know you’re about to go and get an operation, don’t forget to transfer some money by clicking here,” or whatever. And then you think, “Well, they know I’m having an operation tomorrow, so they must be a legitimate bank.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Hedge Banking Training 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. Their top-performing alternative strategy for the year was distressed debt (quite the irony, given all the distressed student and university debt out there). This has generally been a successful strategy for universities in both financial and strategic terms.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

No strategy is static. For most organizations, this is the least risky option, and a good middle road, despite the fact that many traditional organizations often see digital network operators as threats rather than allies. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Sponsored by Accenture.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Why is it that when you attend a strategy meeting, everyone who isn’t nodding off to sleep seems be nodding in agreement, at least on the basics? That way you get robust, constructive debate that can help your company choose the right strategy. Strategy comes from internal debate, even dissent." Cue the Twitter jokes.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Advertising Hedge CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Instead, Acumen's strategy is to review the literature and consult experts to establish a link between a specific output and impact (for instance, how bed net distribution leads to malaria reduction) and to then count the outputs. The MCC's approach is even more complex as it operates on a 20-year time horizon.

Long-term 8

Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

I've had a few encounters with Gene through the years, and he's always struck me as an endearing (and rare) combination of policy wonk, political operator, and genuine mensch. million in one year from the hedge fund D.E. Meaning that this appointment would seem to be good for Gene, good for America. So now there's a controversy.

Shaw 12

Shaw Decisionmaking Hedge Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

We are not critical of directors who disagree with management strategy or voice alternative directions. We are not even talking about hostile directors sometimes forced onto the board by a hedge fund trying to take control of a company or about partisan factions that have formed for whatever reason. He was a dysfunctional director.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Hedge Micromanagement Execution 8