Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. The service provides benchmarks and insights to ensure sustainable, cost-effective improvements in blast performance. Insight Center.

B2B 28

B2B Chemicals Engineering Data 28

MishTalk

APRIL 26, 2014

On Friday, April 25th, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7.5 per cent in 2013, the slowest pace of growth since a 2009 recession. per cent, giving higher inflation risks as a reason behind its decision. The Russian economy expanded 1.3 For comparison, the economy grew by 3.4%

Benchmarking 67

Benchmarking Banking Finance Operations 67

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Turnaround Pharmaceuticals Benchmarking 28

MishTalk

MAY 29, 2014

Cone’s 2013 survey of over 1,200 U.S. A majority of Millennials reported buying a product that had a social benefit and 84% of a generation that accounts for more than $1 trillion in U.S. In 2013, 89% of all American consumers said they would consider switching brands to one associated with a good cause if price and quality were equal.

Survey 78

Survey Banking Study Accenture 78

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

In 2013, Nous Group was voted one of Australia’s great workplaces in the BRW Best Places to Work 2013 Awards. Nous has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Manila and a workforce of 150 people that includes ex-senior bureaucrats and business people. The Hackett Group.

Oliver Wyman 76

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 76

MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

of fiscal 2013 governmental revenue. If officials lack the political will to raise taxes when their bonds are trading at 300 basis points (3%) over the AAA benchmark, will there ever be a resolution short of insolvency? Chicago’s fiscal 2015 debt service and annual pension costs account for 44.8% of revenue.

Analysis 28

Analysis Marketing Financial Finance 28

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Gross issuance in the high-yield bond market alone soared to $90 billion per quarter in 2013 from a pre-crisis quarterly average of $30 billion. In the syndicated loan market, for instance, credit granted to lower-rated leveraged borrowers (leveraged loans) exceeded 40% of new signings for much of 2013.

Balance Sheet 74

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 74

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 7, 2022

improved operational productivity. An empirical study of over 800 organizations found that effective innovation characteristics are not the same for product innovation and process innovation. For example, the research demonstrated that increasing problem-solving freedom among employees decreased product innovation. Epstein, M.,

Culture 52

Culture Boston Consulting Group Leadership Recruiting 52

MishTalk

JANUARY 12, 2014

The jump partly reflects new products such as the Google Glass “smart” glasses and its development of driverless cars, said Mr Lo. Google was assigned 1,920 patents in 2013, according to a review of the US Patent and Trademark Office database. Our hope is to avoid a war ,” said Allen Lo, Google’s chief patent lawyer.

Intellectual Property 68

Intellectual Property Benchmarking Analysis Company 68

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

The articles — “Competing on the Eight Dimensions of Quality” (1987) and “What Does ‘Product Quality’ Really Mean?” ” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies.

Management 32

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 32

MishTalk

JANUARY 13, 2015

The spread collapsed to parity in July of 2013, but surged to a 22.5% Price of Brent Divided By Price of WTI click on any chart for sharper view Price of Brent vs. But, almost unnoticed, the market has started to price a return to the parity between the two benchmarks in five years. premium late last year. By comparison, U.S.

Benchmarking 28

Benchmarking Comparison Analysis Productivity 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

Trillion Yuan in Audit The Washington Post notes "Local debt now equals about 33 percent of China’s gross domestic product, up from about 10 percent in 2008 and almost nothing in 1997." 2013 is likely to be the tip of the bubble belief in Merkel. However, I certainly did not get my 2013 investment thesis correct.

Conference 74

Conference Banking Government Balance Sheet 74