Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

I feel certain our public commitment to sustainability is a big driver of this engagement—92% of our people believe energy efficiency and sustainability are critical to our future business success, and we are giving them the encouragement and capabilities to help us achieve this long-term vision.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

But marketing managers simply are not trained to deal with questions or complaints about service, product performance, or other nonmarketing requests. Distributing social responsibilities to relevant people across the organization can be efficient, be effective, and help make one-on-one customer engagement scalable.

Media 28

Media Marketing Software Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

To help business leaders better understand industry disruption, we developed an index that measures an industry’s current level of disruption as well as its susceptibility to future disruption. For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack.

Industry 28

Industry Retail Accenture Transportation 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

billion in 2014 with recreational pot added in Colorado and Washington, according to ArcView Market Research, which tracks and publishes data on the cannabis industry. With profits from opium cultivation nearing $1 billion, or 4 percent of gross domestic product, insurgency groups like the Taliban will only benefit from the cash crop.

Retail 77

Retail Industry Sales Fashion 77

Women in Consulting

JULY 25, 2013

Hiring and developing great people to support you. Fundraising Products The Raisers Edge: Fundraising & Donor Management Online Fundraising Accept Donations Online CRM Charity Software Modules Direct Mail Fundraising Custom Reporting Constituent Relationship. The Power to Choose The Freedom to Innovate. © 2012 Blackbaud, Inc.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

These ICOs are nearly always held when a project is at an immature stage of development akin to a seed stage startup — when it is testing hypotheses around its consumer value proposition and forming a founding team. To generate publicity that allows them to solicit broad feedback on their beta product. 3 Defenses of Large ICOs.

Finance 28

Finance Software Government Real Estate 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

Where traditional business models sell products and/or services, matchmaking models sell reduced transaction costs. Choice One means going it alone to build product and find buyers. Improving user capabilities would measurably improve Airbnb efficiencies. Successful platforms empower their users. Insight Center.

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Insurance Insurance Advertising Education 28

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Consumer Products. Innovation. Strategic IT. Automotive.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Women in Consulting

JULY 9, 2013

Hiring and developing great people to support you. Fundraising Products The Raisers Edge: Fundraising & Donor Management Online Fundraising Accept Donations Online CRM Charity Software Modules Direct Mail Fundraising Custom Reporting Constituent Relationship. The Power to Choose The Freedom to Innovate. © 2012 Blackbaud, Inc.

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Nonprofit Software Consulting System 67

freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. We all like to know that our purchase is a good decision, and with the internet at our fingertips to check other people's experiences with the same product, it’s a temptation that’s tough to resist. Comparison websites. We all like a good bargain.

Retail 40

Retail Comparison Sales Media 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Ideally, these warnings provide requisite risk information, allowing people to decide for themselves whether an activity or a product’s benefits outweigh its risks, whether to take those risks, and, if so, with what precautions. Warnings on widely used consumer products are a relatively new phenomenon. How did we get here?

Chemicals 28

Chemicals System Government Productivity 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

That partnership allowed Facebook to track consumer store visits and some transactions, and was itself a competitive reaction to Google’s store visit metrics, which have been part of its AdWords product since 2014. These moves are big leaps forward for advertisers.

Advertising 28

Advertising Retail Data Accenture 28

freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

Sponsored by digital software developer Oracle, the glittering event took place in the Ballroom of the Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane as the champagne flowed and live bands headlined. There is also a 'Style Studio' where store clerks can give advice on products that would suit a customer.

Retail 41

Retail Trends Sales Productivity 41

Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2016

Nike is a leading example of how both anti-sweatshop campaigns and labor standards in trade agreements can be good for innovation and growth in developing countries. Poking around online, I came across a pentagon layout in a Chinese factory that was more efficient than the one in use in Sialkot. What is unusual about this company?

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Policies Research Company Productivity 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it.

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Education Enterprise Productivity Examples 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. As the CEO and founder of a remote-based software development company, I’ve learned that remote work creates better employees.

Culture 28

Culture Recruiting Recruitment Video 28

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

trillion in 2014. Comparing marketing efficiency with competitors. ” Measuring how efficiently the marketing organization is using the company’s money keeps everyone accountable for using those funds wisely. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. trillion in 2019, up from $1.6

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ROI Marketing Financial Sales 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

To help maximize the value and minimize the misery of reorgs, we have developed a five-step process for running them. In efficient M&A situations, steps 1-3 would be considered in detail before deal closure, with steps 4 and 5 executed post-close. Step 1: Develop a Profit and Loss Statement.

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Case Interview McKinsey Culture Company 28

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Close to the Capitol, its office serves dynamic clients in a mix of industries including healthcare, aerospace, defense, and consumer products. The range of services this office provides includes general strategy, post-merger integration, organizational change, and corporate development.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Bain 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Your goal is to develop a deep understanding of the precise “link between profit and loss” and how that affects your organization’s performance over time, says Knight.

Finance 28

Finance Balance Sheet How To Metrics 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

In 2014 Jess Jacobs, a director in an innovation lab, started blogging about her experience as she received treatment for two rare diseases. So unlike your average patient, she described one 12-hour wait in the ER as having a “7% process cycle efficiency.” Jess was trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

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Metrics Education Operations System 33

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

For example, advertising managers may ask analysts, “What is the most efficient way to use ads to increase sales?” Before investing resources in new analysis, validate that the company can use the insights derived from it in a productive and meaningful way. Even the subtlest ambiguity can have major implications.

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Data Analysis Advertising Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Economic growth has been stuck in low gear for almost a decade now, averaging around 2% a year since 2010 while productivity growth, the key to increasing living standards, has been languishing near historic lows since the financial crisis. The impact of demand on productivity growth is often underappreciated. percentage points.

Retail 28

Retail Financial Productivity Trends 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

Over time, employees learned that developing and submitting new ideas was not worth the effort. As you might expect, our studies have revealed that encouraging creativity can backfire if employees lack the resources, support, or mechanisms to develop and implement their ideas.

How To 33

How To System Resources Development 33

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and optimization and who grew their businesses by making them work better than they had previously. When Nadella took over the CEO role in 2014, he immediately began refocusing the company on growth.

Management 28

Management Enterprise Metrics Efficiency 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Monero , a cryptocurrency launched in 2014, is considered to be a true ‘privacy coin’, which obfuscates the sender, receiver, and amount of each transaction. CipherTrace, a crypto intelligence company, claims that it has developed a tool for tracking Monero transactions. This prevents a user’s identity from being easily discovered.

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Banking Government System Policies 88

freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

86% agree it makes life more affordable, 83% agree it makes life more convenient and efficient, 76% agree it's better for the environment, 78% agree it builds a stronger community, 63% agree it is more fun than engaging with traditional companies, 89% agree it is based on trust between providers and users. And what is the future?

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Hotels Transportation Energy Company 53

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. The facility is more than twice as productive as its sister plants in GE Aviation.

Management 28

Management Banking Pharmaceuticals Productivity 28

Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

81% of management consulting firms list attracting & developing new business as their #1 challenge. Tweet this “Attract & develop new business” is a fancy way of turning leads into paying clients. Blogging and content marketing is one of the most efficient ways for consultants to generate more leads.

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B2B Marketing Consulting Advertising 60

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The president made this goal even more formidable by promising that every American would have an electronic health record by 2014. In the end, the program got very close to fulfilling President Obama’s promise that every American would have an electronic health record by 2014. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

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System Change Management Healthcare Government 29

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. that help propagate new products, ideas and business models?).

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Methodologies Policies Government Data 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Agile Development Talent Deloitte 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Recent Examples Libertarian News, August 27, 2014: Petrodollar Tyranny Coming To An End As Russia-China Trade Oil Without Dollars. Zerohedge, August 27, 2014: Nail In The Petrodollar Coffin: Gazprom Begins Accepting Payment For Oil In Ruble, Yuan Kitco, August 26, 2014: Will the US Succeed in Breaking Russia to Maintain Dollar Hegemony?

Banking 70

Banking Financial System Government 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

By that I mean that pharma companies should develop innovative treatments for pervasive unmet medical needs; avoid corruption, collusion, and other unethical marketing practices; and make sure that their products reach as many patients around the world as possible. citizens have a positive opinion of big pharma.

Pharmaceuticals 28

Pharmaceuticals Government Analysis Nonprofit 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Over 20 years ago, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter introduced the Porter hypothesis , which posits that environmental regulation can benefit companies by nudging them to explore their current production methods and eliminate costly waste that they have been blissfully unaware of.

Company 30

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