MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Many pooh-pooh that idea for insurance reasons, but costs savings and improved technology suggest the trend is inevitable. Traditionally, these trucks would require four drivers to operate 24 hours a day. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140). August 2008 (93).

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Financial Trends Advertising 78

MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Ally, whose defunct GMAC Mortgage unit was one of the biggest lenders of subprime mortgages in the run-up to the 2008 housing bust, will inch back into direct home loan originations next year, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Brown said this week at a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. financial conference in New York.

Mercer 28

Mercer Balance Sheet Automotive Banking 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic.

Metrics 31

Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 31

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Combining their industry experience, the pair were forerunners in what became a specialty area in professional services: turnaround management, corporate restructuring and operational performance improvement for companies and stakeholders. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Corporate Governance.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Companies are both operators and investors. Shift to providing advice on business models, not just strategy and operations.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

There were many “pre-internet” players, for example telecom operators and cable companies trying to provide interactive multimedia over their networks, but none could generate enough traction to create names that you would remember. Bitcoin was first created as a response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Media 71

Media Banking Financial System 71

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

However, many people still struggle to grasp what exactly hedge funds are and how they operate. This may include individuals with a high income (usually over $200,000 annually) or a high net-worth (over $1 million), or large institutions such as banks, insurance companies, and investment funds.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Financial 88

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

For decades, experts and policy wonks have argued that health care is a uniquely inefficient industry, insulated from conventional market forces that operate in the rest of the economy. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality. We assessed two separate but related components of market forces in health care.

Marketing 28

Marketing Research Travel Study 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

Whether assembling automobiles or insurance policies, only 7% of manufacturing and service companies are using AI to automate production activities. For example, the company had brought in a data scientist in 2008 to develop machine learning tools that would improve its search engine, Bing, in a market dominated by Google.

Company 45

Company Survey Finance Engineering 45

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations. They may be salespeople whose customers need lots of handholding — think life insurance, for instance, or industrial machinery. So how do you keep them?

Talent 28

Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. Comstock is out.

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Financial Journal Company 28

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible with EVs, starting with the Tesla Roadster in 2008, the first long-range electric sports car. In 2017, Tesla unveiled the Megapack , a large-scale battery system for utilities and grid operators. One key to Tesla’s success has been its ability to innovate.

Energy 88

Energy Sports Media Industry 88

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. ’ As you may guess, I enjoyed my work in Asia and learned a lot.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

MishTalk

JULY 28, 2015

Italy is calling for a wide set of measures — including the swift completion of banking union, the establishment of a common eurozone budget and the launch of a common unemployment insurance scheme — to reinforce the common currency. Creditors vs. Club-Med Countries The club-med countries with high unemployment seek unemployment insurance.

Finance 28

Finance Government Insurance Insurance 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

Tires, insurance, terminal costs have all risen substantially. The ATRI study, “ Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking ,” has been tracking truckers’ costs annually since 2008. It is derived directly from carriers’ financial and operational data and provides a vital benchmarking tool for both carriers and shippers.

Education 28

Education Hotels Transportation Industry 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

A Financial Times analysis of the full banking union resolution process for a lender operating in three countries reveals the labyrinthine procedure that would still be required to wind up a bank. A big bank collapse would dwarf the available resources; some €473bn of capital has been pumped into EU banks since 2008.

Banking 73

Banking Finance Balance Sheet Financial 73

1 to 1

JUNE 13, 2013

In 2012, the first full year that the initiative was in operation, the company saw a two-point increase in its purchase satisfaction index while CRM-based sales follow-up activities went up by 70 percent. Health Insurers Prepare for the Affordable Care Act. Gartner & 1to1 Media CRM Excellence Awards. Mobile Marketing. Social Media.

Media 40

Media Advertising Trends Sales 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“The main thing is to be independent and give your own orders and not have to take them from anybody else,” a machine operator told Lamont. But the poor, in the bottom 30% of American families, are very different from Americans who are literally in the middle: the middle 50% of families whose median income was $64,000 in 2008.

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Policies Education Culture Examples 53