Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Due Diligence Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Where repeat business and revenue had once been the dominant loyalty metrics, the firm began analyzing the overlaps and intersections between its “best” customers and social media and web comments about the company’s service. These customers were given perks, privileges and the power to offer certain promotions.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence KPI Loyalty Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

If you’re not turning your company into a “math house” you’re headed for serious trouble. Every industry will soon be driven by digitization and every winning company will be using algorithms, or mathematical rules for processing information, to shape the end-to-end customer experience. Insight Center.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Foreign companies, foreign governments, and Iranians expected to see improvements to Iran’s investment climate after implementing a nuclear deal and sanctions relief in the country. This slow pace of change has left many senior leaders at multinational companies frustrated and doubtful about Iran’s potential. For non-U.S.-based

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Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

We’ve spoken to leaders who express such a vision — and companies such as Amazon and Alibaba are already beginning to make it a reality. It comprises a range of conceptual and analytical operations, including problem definition, signal processing, pattern recognition, abstraction and conceptualization, analysis, and prediction.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

Fortunately, more people are doing their due diligence these days. Smart managers at smart companies are usually somewhat prepared for cross-cultural collaboration. Molinsky says the answer depends on many factors: whose turf you are on, who has the power in the relationship, and who is more senior, to name a few.

Globalization 15

Globalization Engineering Due Diligence Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

M&A does boost companies’ growth and value, our new research shows, but the bet-the-company deal isn’t the route to success. By examining dozens of variables, we found the levers that explain more than 80% of the up-drift and down-drift on what we have dubbed the “power curve” of corporate performance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you'd like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address. The company was building only half as many housing units this year as it had during recent boom times. The Power of Customer Costing. That's quite all right," Tommy said.

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Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. So by that logic, “e” would be the correct answer.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

But the crowdfunding jewel is fool's gold, and is inherently incapable of harnessing "people-to-people power" and the "wisdom of crowds" to "democratize access to capital for entrepreneurs" in order to "create wealth and make things happen," as crowdfunding sites publicly proclaim. Due diligence is too expensive.

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Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

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