Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

This hardly seems right given that multinationals are thought to be awash in money and NGOs have the image of cash-strapped, waste averse organizations — which they are. The absence of efficient financial management systems reflects comparatively low spending on information technology. billion NGO with operations in 97 countries.

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

We were eager to take this product to the disadvantaged communities who desperately needed it. Little did we know the time and capital it would require for us to get from a concept to a manufactured and clinically tested product — not to mention what it would take to build a distribution channel to sell our product.

NGO 8

NGO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. And African Courier Express (ACE) is a logistics provider built to move products from e-commerce warehouses like Jumia’s to points identified by apps like OkHi. All told, such African technology start-ups attracted $186 million in early stage funding last year.

Company 8

Company NGO Long-term Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

As a recent report on the subject from the NGO Ceres said, “According to the IEA, more than two-thirds of the world’s proven reserves of fossil fuels will be unusable prior to 2050 if necessary carbon regulations are enacted [emphasis added].”. But he also bragged about increased production of natural gas and oil.

NGO 9

NGO Energy Morale Hedge 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

This sustained and sophisticated software scam suggests truly pathological levels of managerial desperation and contempt: desperation around a failed promise of clean diesel technology and unsubtle contempt for unsuspecting regulators and customers alike. — their users to potential problems with the products and services they consume.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Automotive NGO Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Journalist Justin Gillis wrote about the risk of “severe economic disruption” and “wildly expensive” solutions — ones that may not even exist — if we don’t leverage existing technologies to shift the global economy away from carbon over the next 15 years. Talk of potential risk to humanity is not new. coal market.

Discounted Cash Flow 10

Discounted Cash Flow NGO Conference Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Whether your goal is to tap this enormous, underserved market for a revolutionary new product, or to impact as many people as possible with a novel healthcare intervention , the question is the same. This technology has been shown to save water and labor, and to increase yield in a variety of crops.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Our teams work in partnership to provide technical assistance and training to expand lab workers'' skills, secure pricing agreements to increase access to our products, and design medical technologies appropriate for resource-limited settings. Redefine ROI. We then, in turn, trained local lab workers, who then trained others.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

A key point: in a world that will spend $90 trillion on infrastructure over the next 15 years anyway, the additional costs to shift that build-out to a low-carbon path, with technologies we already have, will be minimal. Walmart and Target demonstrated how this works by convening a Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit.

Short-term 12

Short-term Chemicals Energy Report 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Obama administration issued new standards to double the fuel economy of cars and trucks , and the National Resources Defense Council (an NGO) proposed using the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from power plants by 25%. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Started by the NGO Ceres, as part of its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) initiative, the Climate Declaration is a broad statement of intent that acting on climate will be good for our economy and society. So what’s really new this year? Let’s dive in. The Big Picture. What Companies Are Doing.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Apparel Energy McKinsey 9