Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2016

Despite the Wall Street-engineered financial avalanche, investors lost money in African equities largely because some audited statements were revealed to be patently deceptive. Regulators must innovate and create structures that correct inherent flaws which continue to stymie market efficiencies.

Insurance 28

Insurance Insurance Financial System 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. Travel, living in a new country, and the opportunities for career advancement that may come with working for a multinational firm were all reasons that dual expats gave for their global career aspirations.

Culture 47

Culture How To Report Case Interview 47

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

MishTalk

MARCH 14, 2015

At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year. Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile miles around downtown.

Transportation 28

Transportation Operations Wireless Construction 28

Harvard Business

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. Over: CMOs take over new responsibilities.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Sports Marketing Software 28

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The hack was perpetrated by a joint unit consisting of operatives from the NSA and its British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ. The company operates in 85 countries and has more than 40 manufacturing facilities. passports, which contain chips and antennas that can be used to better authenticate travelers.

Wireless 28

Wireless Operations Government Software 28

MishTalk

JUNE 23, 2014

Moreover, driverless truck convoys will be safer and more fuel efficient than human-driven trucks. " The long-haul vehicles have the most to gain, both in terms of safety and economic benefits,” says Mike Baker, the chief engineer at Ricardo UK Ltd, the lead firm of SARTRE. It now seems very likely, if not a given.

Transportation 78

Transportation Guidelines Engineering Wireless 78

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

Operations 28

Operations Government Development Engineering 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. Public cloud computing, offered by companies like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and my employer, Google Cloud, is still viewed by many as a cheaper and more efficient way for companies to store and process data.

Change Management 36

Change Management Management Software Productivity 36

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. billion since its launch.

Hotels 53

Hotels Transportation Energy Company 53

Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

The truth is almost the opposite: by specializing (in middleman skillsets), middlemen can usually make things happen more efficiently than those who specialize in other job functions. Ever tally the hours you spent planning your last trip abroad if you didn’t use a travel agent to cut through the research?)

Management 28

Management Travel Groups Resources 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2017

Engineers gave it rave reviews, and investors were lined up. He then maneuvered nerdy engineers to build his sexy devices. And it traveled in your pocket. “Natural monopoly” was jettisoned as the operative assumption. Instead of having operations mandated, cellular carriers were given defined spectrum spaces.

Wireless 28

Wireless Intellectual Property Enterprise Policies 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2016

Answering these makes marketing more efficient by improving targeting and by identifying and eliminating the famed half of the marketing budget that is wasted. Notably, it pledges to answer two of the most vexing questions that have stymied marketers since they started selling: 1) who buys what when and at what price?

Data 28

Data Marketing Industry Insurance 28

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Search engine optimization. This is an efficient way to re-purpose your content and create more value out of what you’ve already produced. What’s great about speaking at a web conference is that you don’t have to travel — and neither does your audience. Search Engine Optimization. Case studies.

Consulting 68

Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. In computer and information science and in engineering, U.S. born engineers.

Engineering 30

Engineering Talent Information Technology Information Technology 30

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

This ordered hierarchy was an efficient way to denote ‘who did what’. In some cultures this is a given e.g. the concept of Kaizan from Japan; in others, managers need to ‘socially engineer’ this culture and develop appropriate reward systems to support. What speed is the car travelling?

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. An advertising-based model.

Media 34

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 34