Strategy Driven

AUGUST 21, 2017

However, one of the least considered points that many business owners overlook is the way they utilise technology. You might think about hiring a new employee because it seems like your finance department isn’t being productive enough. In particular, one problem area that they fail to notice is the use of software.

Software 50

Software Asset Management Fixed Assets Document 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

The financial technologies, or “fintech,” we hear about most often—like Apple Pay, Bitcoin and Crowdfunding—leverage the high penetration rates of bank accounts and credit cards in rich countries. We see two takeaways for CEOs, managers, and impact investors.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Asset Management Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. Before explaining how these collaborations can help, it’s important to note that we observe them already in several industries, spanning mining to technology.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

LPs pay VCs like asset managers, not investors. VCs have hardly taken the lead on “creative destruction” in the industry either, but as we’ve seen, the high levels of asset management style fees and the continuous gush of capital into ever-larger VC funds provides little economic incentive for them to do so.

Venture Capitalist 19

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Incentives 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Drone- and satellite-based asset management. Many employees worry about the consequences of all of this technology on their roles. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 13

Process Company Supply Chain Software 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). ” What else needs to change?

Management 13

Management Software BPM Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

It may seem counterintuitive, but smart companies need to routinely rid themselves of less profitable customers, the same way an asset manager or rebalances an investment portfolio or a Major League Baseball general manager trades a declining player. So how does one take full advantage of a 'window to winnow'?

P&L 15

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. That is, potentially amazing technology if you can only figure out how it works.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

Company 11

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 ” Backing this up is another group of asset managers who have committed $2 billion to invest in a newly created S&P Long-Term Value Index , a subset of companies doing things right.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Ultimately, asset managers can develop a matrix with financial asset classes (e.g.,

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8