The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Three events appeared to have the biggest impact: the 2016 presidential election, the 2017 presidential inauguration, and the failure of the spending bill to finance a border wall with Mexico. Political engagement.

Politics 92

Politics Career Finance Diversity 92

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

As a 2017 World Bank report noted: “the WMS initiated by Bloom and Van Reenen … has permitted a quantum leap in the comparative quantitative analysis of management practices and their implications for productivity and innovation.” Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management. .”

Productivity 116

Productivity Products Management Participative 116

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 4, 2024

A shift from manufacturing to services between 1992 and 2017 has been a significant factor in this change, with a reallocation of jobs rather than sales playing a key role. The US manufacturing sector lost 7–8 percent of total economy-wide sales and 10 percent of total employment to the services sector between 1992 and 2017.

Industry 67

Industry Transportation Proposal Retail 67

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. The researchers examined a sample of nearly 20,000 directors from the boards of 2,254 US firms from 2006 to 2017.

Diversity 120

Diversity Committee Construction Groupthink 120

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation. The startup visa program has been somewhat more successful, with 226 startups registered from the 697 founders approved by the scheme since it was launched in 2017.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Human Capital Comparison Education 126

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017. We need to revolutionize.

Ries 76

Ries Skills Human Resources Software 76

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“While specialized skills such as prior leadership or finance experience increase the likelihood of appointment, that likelihood is reduced for diverse directors,” the researchers say. The researchers examined a sample of nearly 20,000 directors from the boards of 2,254 US firms from 2006 to 2017. Struggling to diversify.

Diversity 99

Diversity Committee Sample Finance 99

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Considering many new startups set up in business because they believe they have a new, better and more innovative solution – it really is the driving force behind the growth of new start ups. But with an innovative product or solution you can still sell it into large corporations and the public sector. E.g. a consultancy service.

USP 67

USP How To Software Price 67

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A recent study from Kyushu University examined how corporate climate change actions affect the cost of capital for 2,100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The study found that companies with higher carbon emissions face higher borrowing and financing costs.

Company 70

Company Cost of Capital Guidelines Uncertainty 70

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2023

The researchers analyzed data from CareerWise and found robust evidence to the fact that apprenticeships can provide students with an effective transition into a wide range of careers, including in IT, finance, and manufacturing.

Participative 96

Participative Benchmarking Education Wilde 96

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2019

Typically, Finance, Marketing, and Operations all have input, direct or indirect, on the creation and revision of the strategic plan. The hypergrowth of one of the teams he led was the subject of a 2017 article in the Harvard Business Review. I call this obstacle The Disconnect. Sales often have no such contribution.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Company Attrition Planning 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2017

Often, these difficult periods are caused by bad business conditions such as low sales, a lack of morale, low funds, and the loss of innovation and dedication. To make determining what the problem is easier, here are some areas to focus on: strategy, customers, team members, products/services, and finance. Focus on finance.

Finance 50

Finance Brand Motivation Objective 50

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent report from the innovation group Nesta suggests that there are six million people in the UK who are in such a precarious position, and they caution that without assistance, these people will be stuck in a cycle of either low-pay and insecure employment or forced out of the workforce entirely. Reducing inequality.

Education 45

Education Training Skills Participative 45

Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2017

It’s healthy for the community, the employees, and your company’s finances at the same time, and seems almost too good to be true. Sustainable visions that hope to benefit more than just the company’s wallet tends to encourage innovation; by teaming up with similar companies, you drive the innovation further.

PR 50

PR Energy Environment Marketing 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Yet, despite the fact that all of our guests across our 18 sessions (and counting) have embraced these truths, the average result of such commitments to innovation seems to have been tenuous. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. The audience for such innovation wants to be receptive: A recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey found that 75% of senior hospital executives endorsed the importance of digital innovation. health care system. pharmacy, radiology, pathology).

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR. Uber apparently lacked oversight about sexual harassment behavior; it seems far less likely that such oversight would be lacking when it comes to finance.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Ignorance may be bliss for some, but ask anyone in commerce or finance, and they will make it abundantly clear: Ignorance is risk. Without clear regulations, cryptocurrency innovation in the United States is being stifled. Alexander Baumann/The International Photo Co./Getty Getty Images. For that reason, U.S.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Decentralization Innovation Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. housing sector.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. While investors bought just $3 billion of these bonds in 2013, they scooped up $49 billion worth in 2017, bringing the total sold since 2013 to $113 billion at an average of $308 million per offering.

Bond 11

Bond Company Long-term Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. While the price of Ether has been rising , Bitcoin has dropped 20% to $1,000 dollars from a record $1,290 on March 3, 2017. Yes, in three days, people who invested in Ether doubled their investment.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

According to a 2017 Gallup survey , only one-third of U.S. It might be a latent hobby you’ve told yourself you don’t have the time for, a personal project that isn’t related to your job or career, or a “side hustle” where you can experiment with innovative or entrepreneurial ideas on a smaller scale.

Career 15

Career Micromanagement Organizational Behavior Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. In 2017, they may open up to still larger businesses and to state and local governments. These innovations include bundled payments and accountable care organizations.

Insurance 10

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 13

Process Company Supply Chain Software 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s a solution we discovered during our research in India, and involves breakthrough innovations that drive down health care delivery costs so much that the margins from serving those who can pay is more than enough to cover the costs of those who cannot. It also pursued process innovations that resulted in cost savings.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Firms with growth opportunities as well as the need for external equity financing often convert to dual-class shares. MSCI’s recent analysis shows that unequal voting stocks outperformed the market over the period from November 2007 to August 2017. While media companies, such as The New York Times Co.,

Class 10

Class Maturity IPO Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The race is open and the gap between investment banks will widen even further as they race to adopt technological innovations and reconfigure their workforces to satisfy changing customer demands. Less apparent to the outside world is how much banks are also investing in controls, especially in their compliance, risk, and finance divisions.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Based on their stock prices on July 6, 2017 , Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook were the five most valuable companies in the world. They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As a result of our collaborative behavioral-health model, over 75% of patients who saw CareMore’s behavioral health team in Iowa in 2017 also saw our primary care team. And in Tennessee, we reduced behavioral-health-related readmissions for our Memphis population from 40% in 2016 to 13% in 2017 and 2018. Our results.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. We also must reduce spending on our exchange by almost 80% between state fiscal years 2015 and 2017. Fostering innovation. Financial challenges. Initial funding for SBMs came from the federal government.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And almost all of us have limits on our time and finances — due to kids, social organizations, work, and more — that make additional formal education impractical or impossible. In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings. strategic hires). day, scale-focused workshops and related activities.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Mentor Banking Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. The structured interviews were conducted by me over the phone, Skype, or in person, between February and June 2017. The business case for diversity is clear.

Diversity 8

Diversity CEO Rogers Leadership Pipeline 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – Author of the best-selling book: The Focused Organization, Winner of the 2017 Thinkers50 Award for ‘Ideas into Practice’. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70