MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Financial markets have become wobbly lately as growth momentum cools off. The 2008 crisis prompted a pause. In the decade before the 2008 financial crisis, trade was driving growth.

Information Technology 74

Information Technology Information Technology Financial Policies 74

MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2014

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister. Based on these principles, we examine a range of options for achieving redistribution efficiently.

Meeting 68

Meeting Efficiency Education Finance 68

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

More stagnation is likely as energy costs surge and key export markets, notably in Russia and China, begin to contract. High taxes and welfare costs, long tolerable in an efficient economy like Germany, have a way of catching up with companies and countries. Europe’s poor economy stems in large part from policy.

Energy 76

Energy Policies Research Efficiency 76

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Cash Flow 32

Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 32

Consultant Ninja

JULY 31, 2009

lawsuits, FDA policy, patent protections (longer or shorter), drug re purposing, marketing, etc.) The pharma piece (your #2) is a very difficult, but interesting business problem--How to reign in costs without dampening investment in important R&D, or without causing leading firms to completely exit in favor of friendlier markets?

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Consulting Oliver Wyman Management Insurance 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces. American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales.

Company 28

Company Balance Sheet Resources Financial 28

Consultant Ninja

JULY 27, 2009

I fail to see the logic that the government will be more efficient at building operational structures than the private sector. No need to worry about supply side; a free market consisting of only young, healthy, rich people basically runs itself. Question: In the Obama plan, which one of these three cost drivers is getting reversed?

Consulting 113

Consulting Insurance Insurance Oliver Wyman 113

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. By 2002, their agreement, their strategy and their implementation appeared to have paid off, as Alvarez & Marsal’s client base continued to diversify.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

However, firms can efficiently increase margin growth without much revenue growth by managing to squeeze out their fixed costs to service the same level of output. So this measure may mislabel efficient companies as myopic. In essence, the measure labels firms with large share repurchase programs as myopic.

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Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 29

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy.

Talent 28

Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

Energy 28

Energy Productivity Retail Financial 28

Consultant Ninja

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Friday, October 3, 2008. Market Plays: In consulting and banking you find very smart, hardworking people who believe completely in capitalism, the profit motive, and proper incentives will lead to the economic dominance of whichever species best captures their motivating principles. November 29, 2008 at 10:06 PM. billion (U.S.)

Oliver Wyman 113

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 113

Tom Spencer

JULY 6, 2019

The idea that technology can be configured to drastically improve the delivery and usability of finance began taking off following the financial crisis of 2008, when consumer distrust for traditional banks combined with the increasing popularity and functionality of smartphone apps.

Financial 60

Financial Banking System Finance 60

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets tackles the above questions via email on " The Urbanization Fallacy ". Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Automatic Earth. Big Picture.

Real Estate 70

Real Estate Financial Analysis Case Interview 70

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009). As companies continue to expand into new markets, the makeup of the workforce in our companies and communities served is becoming more diverse.

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Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

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.

Hotels 53

Hotels Transportation Energy Company 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

The reinvention of NASA has been an evolution spanning three phases, each focused on achieving different goals and characterized by particular technology strategies, cultural values, and ways of working with external parties. This demanded shifts in cultural values, relational approaches, and technology strategy. Adapting to change.

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Operations Government Development Engineering 28

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. Digital players wield outsize market power. Digital markets are uneven.

Methodologies 28

Methodologies Policies Government Data 28

1 to 1

MAY 3, 2013

Marketing Research Articles. Customer Strategy Trends. Customer Strategy. Strategy Speaks Blog. Customer Strategy. Mobile Marketing. Marketing by Permission! Marketing Blog. Sales & Marketing Effectiveness. Strategy Speaks. CRM Best Practices. Emerging Business Tactics.

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Media Metrics Advertising Trends 37

MishTalk

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Bernanke again paraded his lack of insight of the Fed’s leading role in causing the 2008 crisis. I believe the Fed and BoE have learned practically nothing from their previous mistakes and we are heading down exactly the same road to catastrophe as the financial markets creak and groan under the strain of QE-inspired, excess valuations.

Banking 28

Banking Policies Financial Fashion 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Ignite your Blockchain Strategy As you evaluate your opportunities for transformation, ask how your business can take advantage of this technology to provide attested data and trusted workflows, transfer of assets, track provenance of goods, or provide audit capabilities. Powering the Supply Chain with Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

Transportation 28

Transportation Insurance Insurance Data 28

Women in Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Best practices, models, guidelines are freely available, published by experts as part of their content marketing strategies, or easily accessible online via Udacity, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning or Stanford. Here are three reasons why: Democratization of information. Today, anyone can learn just about anything about everything.

Talent 59

Talent Guidelines Consulting System 59

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

It began soon after the global financial crisis of 2008. According to World Bank data , merchandise trade grew from 16% of global GDP in 1990 to 26% by 2008. They need to double down on localizing their operations in every major market. This does not mean that GE needs to reinvent its digital strategy for every market.

Operations 30

Operations McKinsey Data Company 30

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

Shareholders have benefited greatly from bigger product markets, lower production costs, and the judicious use of head office domiciles to reduce tax bills. Since 1990, the market capitalization of multinational corporations has grown at more than three times the average rate of listed companies around the world, our research shows.

Intellectual Property 29

Intellectual Property Policies Productivity Banking 29

MishTalk

JUNE 23, 2014

For too many years, we failed to rein in the excesses building up in the nation’s financial markets. When the credit bubble burst in 2008, the damage was devastating. The solution can be a fundamentally conservative one that will empower the marketplace to find the most efficient response. He calls it The Coming Climate Crash.

Government 74

Government Course Efficiency Analysis 74

MishTalk

JUNE 22, 2014

Tamra Gilbertson (Carbon Trade Watch): Perhaps this can be a signal to the rest of the world that emissions trading and market-based solutions are not the solution to climate change. Today, the European Parliament voted not to intervene in the carbon permit market to prop up the price of the permits. This E.P.A.

Analysis 78

Analysis Energy Policies Government 78

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. But in the last two contests in which Hillary Clinton has participated, the 2008 primary and the 2016 election, she won on most of these metrics — and lost the elections. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Essential Background.

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Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 34