The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2023

“Credentialism runs wild in slack labor markets, ratcheting up qualifications well beyond what is genuinely needed to do a job,” explains Johns Hopkins University’s Katherine Newman in her recent book Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor.

Participative 79

Participative Benchmarking Education Wilde 79

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

She has held roles of increasing seniority including VP and Senior Business Partner, leading Human Resources for the North America Geography, Global Product Creation (Footwear, Apparel and Equipment), Global Finance and NIKE, Inc. I’ve had the ability to watch Carol navigate wildly complex issues with what appears to be relative ease.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The researchers analyzed data from across the OECD in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, utilities, services, transportation, and finance sectors, including data on payroll, output, and total employment. Meanwhile, the payroll-to-sales ratio was also on the decline, with the only exception across all sectors analyzed being finance.

GDP 63

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2018

Brendan Wilde of Discountdomains.co.nz ‘A contractor with limited experience can be a star in a specific field but cannot always see the system in a broader sense’, Wilde added. Brendan Wilde of Discountdomains.co.nz The trick is to combine the financing model and the development calendar.

B2B 62

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Happy clients that go wild about you because of the surprising way you serve their needs. Yes, I will talk to my manager and see if we can do that for you.” How about, “YES, I can do some hard work for you even though it would be easier for me to just say no.” The result? Related posts: Are Your Client Delight Efforts Misplaced?

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 19, 2014

Car Sales - If you get into the game, you can quickly become a finance or desk manager making $120+ a year. Electrofishing - A pal of mine performs fisheries research in Canada and gets to catch fish all day with electricity to determine populations, tag the fish and release them back into the wild. BEST JOB EVER.

Career 192

Career Real Estate Engineering Education 192

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But the fact is that in the Wild West of investing, an Annie Oakley is rare — the realm of investing is still very much a dude ranch. So if you feel uncomfortable as an investor, here are two bullets to pack in your pistol: Investing is about financing dreams. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home.

Finance 8

Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

We may think we are above the influence that stress has on our finances, but studies indicate the contrary. The ease of credit card use can spell trouble for more impulsive buyers , which highlights the importance of knowing yourself and the ways that you tend to deal with feelings like anxiety. High-Interest Rates.

Company 50

Company Advertising Credit Scoring Tactics 50

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 2, 2013

Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial Management Units. Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. He graduated from Yale College and Harvard’s Economics Department.

Banking 80

Banking Finance Organization Management 80

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is simply a more intelligent approach to consistently manage brand exposure than it is to let your brand run wild and then attempt to triage overexposure. Once a brand’s appeal begins to erode, it will require significant time and expense to recover.

Brand 382

Brand Brand Management Blog Media 382

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. The good news is that you don’t need a PHD in anthropology to spot trends in the wild. Periscope is creating entirely new expectations around media consumption.

Trends 50

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Reviews: “This wild, wicked show is not just a screamfest; it’s a good piece of theater!” - The New York Times “Funny, furious and wholly enthralling!” - Wall Street Journal “Teller has filled Play Dead with elaborate illusions and effects including a slam-bang finale!”

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. As well as doing your main role, you’ll have to quickly learn to do every other role that a company needs as well, such as admin, accounting, marketing, and finances.

Tips 95

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

More often than not, this is when I get some of my best walks in. :-) Posted by: Jeff Konieczny | February 14, 2010 at 04:28 PM Chris, It's whats so good about living on a large piece of land, 100 acres or more, you can do wild outlandish things and no one see's or hears you. No one complains.

Politics 96

Politics Blog Letter Open-book 96

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 8

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Chris Brady

JUNE 24, 2010

        It was a courageous and wild decision, one that would throwher into hunger and doubt. .   In 1946 she received whatshe called her "call within the call" to leave the convent and servethe poor.

Open-book 115

Open-book Blog Letter Politics 115

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Posted by: Sue Lohr | February 01, 2011 at 09:44 PM The wild goat chase and the one that got away. Posted by: Phillip Wickey | February 01, 2011 at 06:50 PM Harry had a little lamb, little lamb, little. ok, this is getting ridiculous! Posted by: Jason Jasper | February 01, 2011 at 07:57 PM This hurts me more than it hurts you!

Travel 76

Travel Letter Blog Wilde 76

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

More women have also taken on more responsibility for retirement planning, in part due to market and retirement plan upheaval; in 1978, the IRS created the structure in which the federal government essentially shifted the burden of retirement financing from employers to employees. Advertising Finance'

Industry 8

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

They are grappling with the topics of food, health, finance, commerce, privacy, security, democracy, and war. Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0 The people in room are engaging in hard conversation all around you. Let's hope that the conversations translate into action, and that their best aspirations are filled.

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

' Chapter 3 is all about 'The Renaissance' period of history and the effect on our modern day society. It shows the transition from the middle ages (mostly God centered, but wildly off track) to 'The Renaissance' period which is the start of humanism (man centered).

Blog 112

Blog Leadership Real Estate Letter 112

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

A 30-something entrepreneur in the Bay area, he had just closed a multi-million dollar round of Series A financing for his startup. However, it cannot distinguish between a saber-toothed tiger in the wild and a harsh email. Steve should have been celebrating. Our stress response system evolved to protect us from danger.

Stress 14

Stress Wilde Media Uncertainty 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Economy Finance Sustainability' This is the key message from a leaked United Nations study that The New York Times reported on last week. Talk of potential risk to humanity is not new. That’s a lot of money to leave on the table, and a very good investment.

Discounted Cash Flow 10

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. Indeed, as part of an effort to learn from Germany about effective innovation, U.S. True, Americans do well at inventing. But the fairy tale that the U.S. It’s high time for the U.S.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Sometimes the margins are too thin (personal finance author Ramit Sethi derides textbook exchange businesses and t-shirt companies as "stupid frat-boy business ideas"). (Michael Gerber writes about this extensively in The E-Myth. You're too emotionally attached. You've already heard about Marion Stoddart.

Wilde 15

Wilde Film Career Marketing Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Then, in 2006, came The Theory of Corporate Finance — not a field Tirole had really been known for. Corporate finance? They think Jean Tirole is the IO guy or the corporate finance guy or the game theory guy.”. Game-theoretic models of industry did indeed often offer wonderfully explicit advice. Since when?

Strategy 8

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

Despite his seemingly radical thinking about email, Breton isn’t exactly the model of a rogue start-up founder testing out wild new ways to work. He’s a middle-aged former minister of finance for France and a former professor at Harvard Business School.

Company 8

Company Stress Participative Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

New ventures, for example, often complain that the corporate finance function requires them to meet budget or lose bonuses or funding; or they can’t recruit the talent they need because of the corporate job evaluation approach. The divisions pay for what they get, and contribute a negotiated amount to the development of the brand.

Mass Marketing 9

Mass Marketing Brand Disruptive Innovation Advice 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Five years ago, "shadow IT" efforts were the dirty little secret of organizations. IT as Process Creator.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Actually witnessing capture in the wild is different, though, and the new This American Life episode with secret recordings of bank examiners at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York going about their jobs is going to focus a lot more attention on the phenomenon. Ethics Finance Government' This won’t be an easy thing to fix.

Banking 9

Banking Conflict of Interest Hedge Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Education Finance' For instance: Whether your mother went to college. In a regression analysis that controlled for race, SAT score, and parental income, the researchers found that students whose moms didn’t go to college ended up borrowing about $1,500 more, and owed more on those loans 10 years out.

Wilde 8

Wilde Finance Sample Education 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Media momentum is much like a wild fire—the power of one well-placed match can ignite dramatic pyrotechnics! Such involvement can lead to greater visibility. Start small and build up. Make a few great connections and develop those rather than chase a multitude of lukewarm responses.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Or, in Kamchatka, you’ll find ecotourism ventures by Wild Salmon River Expeditions , initiated by an alliance between a former American military officer and his Russian associates. Coming out of Peru, you’ll find Kola Real, formed during a coup d’état in 1988, not exactly an ideal environment for business incubation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It was the form in which the asset was financed. One is finance and the other is non-finance.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. Unless line managers and finance really believe in the link between customer feedback and business outcomes, your incentive system won't last long. Truly reliable feedback and metrics. And if your metrics aren't trustworthy, then your compensation system won't be either.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

You produce growth engines with calculated bets, not “wild-ass gambles.” Communication will be key to this partnership because the CEO is the person who can help finance your future experiments. Look at the list below and see if any of this connects with you: You’re passionate about building businesses. You persevere.

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Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

They too are paid by issuers, but it doesn't appear to be as close, conflicted, or lucrative a relationship as that between, say, the structured-finance raters and the big investment banks. If only journalism were that profitable (check out the relative stock price trajectories of Moody's and newspaper publisher Gannett ).

Credit Rating 13

Credit Rating Bond Price Advice 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A working paper by Lily Fang, an associate professor of finance at INSEAD, and Sterling Huang, a Ph.D. This could suggest that women need to have more advantages to even get into finance in the first place. What a wild idea. — and if your company doesn’t already have a women’s network , start one.

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