The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In total, they assessed over 55,000 trademarks registered by firms that had received backing from VCs between 1985-2015. The data showed that trademarks often helped obtain better terms when raising finance, and were generally a good predictor of future success, both as a private firm and later on when they go public.

IPO 40

IPO Venture Capitalist Finance Advertising 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Not only is this operational approach costly, but outsourcing activities face many challenges such as communication barriers, untimeliness, and data errors. The ability to automate processes has transformed business operations; in order to thrive in a competitive market, businesses must conform to the new business model of automating work.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. He is responsible for Product Management & Marketing for Sage X3 globally, and is in charge of ensuring that the Operating Company (OpCo) teams are aligned behind the product strategy.

Tips 50

Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

HAVING ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ REGARDING PERSONAL VS. BUSINESS FINANCES. He currently co-owns and operates three entrepreneurial companies with his father, Elliott Greenberg, which have each flourished for over 10 years. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

Objective 50

Objective Morale Long-term Project 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department.

Company 18

Company Survey Finance Engineering 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room. and compete successfully.

Ries 14

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

corporations from 1985 to 2015. Despite the general trend across schools toward becoming more finance-oriented, there could have been considerable variation in what’s taught. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools. firms, and put the brakes on diversification.

Influence 15

Influence Education Pharmaceuticals CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). These truck drivers, misclassified as independent owner-operators, were forced by companies whom they worked to purchase new vehicles to comply with more stringent emission restrictions. of employment in 2005 to 9.6%

Document 15

Document Insurance Construction Cooper 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although roughly 1,000 employees had been fired each year since 2011 for these practices, the board only became “very active” on the issue in 2015. It was yet another two years before Stumpf brought in consultants in 2015 to investigate the full scope of impact on consumers.

Banking 14

Banking Leadership Committee Ethics 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested. Global business'

GDP 10

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Despite this lack of focused attention toward development of leadership capabilities in trainees, evidence suggests that leadership quality affects patients, healthcare system outcomes, and finances alike. impact of training on quality metrics) of their interventions.

Training 15

Training Leadership Health Care Education 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. In another company, commercial discounts was essentially a black box for the finance chief and CEO.

Zero Based Budgeting 12

Zero Based Budgeting Budgeting Company Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. Equally adept at managing people and operations.

COO 15

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Three ways to manage the digital transition are: Define where change is needed most: Digital technology affects every company differently, but it tends to create or destroy value in four critical areas of the organization: customer engagement, digital products and services, operational performance, and preparing for disruptive new business models.

CEO 15

CEO Agility Technology Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015.

Budgeting 15

Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

As JPMorgan Chase’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, warned in a June 2015 letter to the bank’s shareholders, “Silicon Valley is coming.” This amounts to putting a toe in the water, while keeping current operations relatively separate and pristine. Sometimes David can triumph over Goliath.

Banking 15

Banking Credit Scoring Stage-Gate Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

Business Model 15

Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. In 2015, Global Trade Alert, an independent trade-monitoring group, cited at least 644 discriminatory trade measures imposed by the G20 economies with the U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. In today’s hiring market, a generous benefits package is essential for attracting and retaining top talent.

Insurance 15

Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This leaves operating managers, the ultimate “consumers” of talent, to choose between two talent acquisitions methods (or “sourcing channels”): Either engage HR to acquire employees or engage Procurement to acquire contingent workers. Create one integrated workforce strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Heading into 2015, a number of trends are apparent in the accelerator space. of the companies raised a significant round of financing within a year of graduating from a program, with an average raise of $1.5 Entrepreneurial finance Entrepreneurial management' First and foremost is the emergence of many new programs.

Finance 8

Finance Entrepreneur Survey Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. raised wages to $9 an hour (and they’ll be $10 in 2015), and in June IKEA lifted its minimum wage by 17%. Financing the clean economy.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

This model doesn’t leave patient choice to chance; it’s hardwired into clinical operations. A proposal for a national demonstration of the advanced care model is now before the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

Health Care 12

Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Stung by a series of risky foreign adventures that came back to bite them, most large global banks in Europe and the United States have retreated from foreign operations. Of course, the retrenchment of global finance also reflects pressure on banks from regulators and shareholders to rebuild their capital and liquidity.

Banking 8

Banking McKinsey Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

Team 15

Team Conference Restructuring Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 12

Media Hammer Software Company 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In adult care, CMS announced in 2015 ambitious value-based payment goals for Medicare, which were achieved 11 months ahead of schedule. Integrating comprehensive services will require significant changes in culture, infrastructure, training, regulation, and financing. In pediatrics, CMS has funded PFK with a $13.1

Health Care 14

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Goal 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. This gap between insurers and customers can be widened into a gulf by trust brokers, who dominate the top-heavy insurance brokerage market and benefit from its opacity and byzantine operating standards.

Insurance 15

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Financial challenges. Technological challenges.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2015

This advice, adapted from the book Finance Basics , will help you better understand how to create a useful budget. Instead, ask yourself what the budget shows about last year’s operations. Could you increase the anticipated sales for this model by 5% or 10% in 2015? Finance Basics (20-Minute Manager Series).

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Finance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

In the P3 model, private financing fills holes in public budgets, and profit-oriented engineers and builders find efficiencies while government officials ensure that the public is well served. Editor’s note: This is the four in a series of pieces marking Infrastructure Week 2015 that will explore the role of leadership in fixing U.S.

Project 8

Project Transportation Construction Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. And in practice, the foreign income of U.S. Further, U.S.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8