Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Finance and business executives often joke that the word blockchain placed at the end of the company name is enough to increase the share price of any entity at least twofold. Every participant in the transaction must agree on the documents, which will not become valid until there is a consensus. Blockchain Technology Defined.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Document Participative 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others. But do markets really follow the logic of an academic theory? New market disruptive – a cheaper, more accessible, and worse-performing product that turns non-consumers into customers. Four types of disruption.

Marketing 9

Marketing Innovation Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

When executives evaluate a potential investment, whether it's to build a new plant, enter a new market, or acquire a company, they weigh its cost against the future cash flows they expect will spring from it. Did it surprise him to find that there was so little consensus on the best way to solve the problem of assigning a cost to capital?

CAPM 15

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Book vs. Market Weighting Factors Used for Debt and Equity in Calculation of WACC. .

Cost of Capital 15

Cost of Capital CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The new government has met with the cautious approval of the EU, the IMF, the markets and the international press. Going forward, I hope that the current experiment in consensus building among the two major parties will succeed and will serve as a prototype for coalition governments in Greece in the future.

Crisis 15

Crisis GDP Consensus Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Financial economics adopted its own, narrower paradigm, in which the starting point was that the prices prevailing on financial markets were more or less correct (a belief that in those days went under the name Efficient Market Hypothesis, although the EMH is for the most part understood to mean something much narrower now).

Cooper 13

Cooper Finance Open-book Risk Management 13

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.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The international political consensus of the universal economic benefits of globalization that defined much of the 20th and early 21st centuries is breaking down. The positive consensus toward globalization that defined the U.S. Generational change is also playing a critical role in the expression of Chinese nationalism.

Globalization 16

Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

When Bill in Finance generates his monthly Top Line report, Craig in Marketing can leave a comment on the "Revenue" column inquiring, "Is this billed revenue or booked revenue?" — and come to a consensus-based decision. thus inviting Bill to annotate his report. And in a Web 2.0 world people can get and stay connected.

Business Intelligence 16

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. Consider the differences in various shares of the top ten emerging markets in comparative perspective. But haven't we heard this before?

Globalization 15

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Its earnings were down 73% from the quarter a year earlier and it missed the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.24 Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. . per share by nearly a dime.

Christensen 15

Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 15

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

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Baruch Lev: Investors' resentment, after the worst stock market decade in recent history, numerous accounting scandals and managerial pay abuses, is at all-time high and is very damaging. Your book argues that they're wrong. Why's that?

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Incentives Parcell 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For example, Frank was a highly-skilled finance manager who advanced quickly early in his career based on his technical knowledge and desire for results. That said, there are certainly times when you should explore the outside job market to increase the pace of your career advancement. How strong is your external network?

Career 15

Career Company Consensus Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

That opportunistic approach to financial markets has defined Amazon since it went public in 1997. So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems. billion in bonds the year before).

Training 14

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This instability meant that Japan was unable to iron out a national consensus on its reform plan, or implement reforms in the long run. Massive layoffs ensued, and the labor market turned flexible far too rapidly, with many formerly middle-class workers losing permanent contracts and reliable salaries. Economy Global business'

Consensus 9

Consensus Class Long-term Uncertainty 9

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Investors reward companies (such as Apple and Kimberly-Clark ) whose current performance or guidance for the future exceeds market expectations, and they punish companies (as they did Starbucks and Procter & Gamble ) whose performance or guidance fails to meet expectations.

CFO 14

CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Companies and venture capitalists chase hot markets. Entries into markets triggered more entries, and markets that saw companies fleeing went cold. Organizations that entered when VC fundings were booming were increasingly likely to fail, and those financed in a VC funding boom were unlikely to make it to an IPO.

Entrepreneur 11

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Sitting at an annual event on a well-known Alp, Chris saw Washington Consensus capitalism come up against emerging economy pragmatism. vision of financial world order; as Time magazine reported, he was "bursting with hubris over its booming equity markets and its just-announced 5.6% Larry Summers, then Deputy Secretary of the U.S.

Banking 14

Banking ROE Self-aware Proposal 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Alfred Rappaport's article, " Stock Market Signals to Managers ," in the November-December 1987 issue of the Harvard Business Review, provides managers with a clear method for understanding how price reflects the market's expectations about the company's future financial performance. But very few executives or investors do.

Price 8

Price Analysis Cost of Capital Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2013

In the 1990s, the consensus seemed to be that for the U.S. Higher than that, and the bond market vigilantes would punish the U.S. public debt is up to 76% of GDP , yet the bond market vigilantes all seem to have retired or moved to Europe. Economy Finance Research' with much higher interest rates on government debt.

GDP 12

GDP Bond Sample Sharpe 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Or is the problem simply that speculators have taken over the market for a crucial commodity? Markets that existed mainly for the convenience of industry have become dominated by exchange-traded funds, hedge funds, and investment banks. So, on balance, having a futures market appears better than not having a futures market.

Cost 9

Cost Hedge Fraser Price 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

While the whole world has been adopting a pragmatic consensus on economic policy since the Great Recession, Europe — and Germany in particular — is stubbornly sticking to a policy that has all the downsides of the old classical gold standard. At the time, that did not seem like such a bad thing.

Crisis 15

Crisis Policies Banking Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

So read the whole thing, keeping in mind a particularly memorable quote from Aaron Weinstein, BART''s chief marketing officer: "We''re planning on ordering up to a thousand of these cars. To be sure, some say Apple doesn''t have the same allure, and others chafe at Cook''s discipline when it comes to finances and supply chains.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Follow-up Consensus CEO 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

After some investigating, they discovered that their fragmented, geographically dispersed matrix structure made it very difficult for the program managers to coordinate efforts across functions, keep everyone focused on the cost and delivery goals, and get people to reach consensus. This was delaying product production.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

For instance, based on your credit score, profession, age group, or zip code, marketers infer that you fit into specific marketing demographics. Perhaps the extrapolated marketing use points to a heavy drinker in a desirable economic demographic or with a preferred liquor brand.

Crisis 13

Crisis Insurance Technology Credit Scoring 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

After more than 18 months, a dozen and a half summits, multiple rounds of austerity, a trillion dollars of liquidity, and now elections in Greece and France that threaten to overturn the fragile policy consensus in Europe, the Euro-crisis rumbles on. What is less well understood is how to resolve it.

Crisis 15

Crisis Bond Banking Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

At the moment, there seems to be little consensus on just how the two differ and which differences matter most. and the transfer of business risk from "too big to fail" institutions to taxpayers, leading to a "heads I win, tails you lose" relationship between the finance and the rest of the economy. Recent scrutiny of the U.S.

How To 8

How To GDP Finance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2016

And yet for almost every company that uses CI in their decision-making, there’s another that disregards CI’s mix of industry analysis, rival positions, and market insight to their detriment. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company CAPEX Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. Consider the story of Bud Frankel, the founder of Frankel , a firm that created the marketing services industry (where both of us eventually worked) that gained a national reputation and attracted clients across both the consumer and healthcare areas.

Open-book 8

Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

This will shape agricultural markets in ways we have not seen before. There is strong academic consensus that climate change–driven water scarcity, rising global temperatures, and extreme weather will have severe long-term effects on crop yields. Food demand is expected to increase anywhere between 59% to 98% by 2050.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

There is little consensus as to whether firms that find themselves spun off from other companies – either as new, standalone companies, or under the stewardship of new parent companies – perform better or worse than they did before. The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping behavior in organizations, there is little consensus on what organizational culture actually is, never mind how it influences behavior and whether it is something leaders can change. finance vs. marketing) and units (e.g.

Incentives 9

Incentives Definition Pharmaceuticals System 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Before the financial crisis ushered in the current global economic downturn, there was a strong intellectual consensus among mainstream economists and policymakers about the merits of free trade.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies Analysis Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

The kind of innovation that creates new markets always goes against the grain. Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation. Here are the ones that struck us most: Lace audacity with grit. Startups need money, too, of course.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8