Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. Accurately Evaluating Your Finances and Funding Your Business. Cooperatives. It is important to have these answers before starting a small business. Partnership.

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Break-even Analysis Analysis Licensing Price 72

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

This peanut-finance system, which turned the peanuts into food for hospital patients, seems quaint, like tales from 19th century America of rural doctors taking chickens for treating chicken pox. Such peanut-finance systems could drive tax authorities nuts, so to speak. Swaps are not quaint at all.

Finance 15

Finance Strategy Banking Retail 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors.

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Finance CFO Budgeting Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. That’s because a growing number of funders, both social impact funds and traditional institutions, are interested in financing workers’ takeover of a company.

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ESOP Company Cooper IAM 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties.

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Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

Listen to the words of a finance manager in a large consumer products company, whose efforts to improve his business team's profit margins were repeatedly undercut by people in the sales department: "I learned that pricing for one of our key accounts has already been confirmed to the customer, without any prior approval or review. [.]

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Management Engineering Price Brainstorming 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It is something I call community financing. Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings.

Banking 13

Banking Finance Globalization Film 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Different operational skills. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. Similar work habits. Doing so presents its own risks.

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How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

But only 8% of American workers work in manufacturing, and many of those jobs are high-skill, capital-intensive jobs — think operating robots and writing computer code, not snapping together parts by hand — that are unlikely to be outsourced to China. China is obviously an important economic player.

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Comparison GDP Technology Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

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Company Survey Finance Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

It requires nothing more than data and hard work and Walmart is already ahead in the data game: having amassed the world's largest retail database that also contains millions of observations on its internal operations. Extending the above strategy to also reduce operational threats and improve efficiency across the board is one of them.

Engineering 15

Engineering PR How To Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It is something I call community financing. Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings.

Banking 10

Banking Finance Globalization Film 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

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. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies.

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

Disruptive Innovation 10

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

We need to think big and deploy disruptive technologies and financing mechanisms to house 100 million people by the end of the decade.". We also believe cooperation is necessary. Will the community have the skills and know-how and means to operate and maintain their houses and the services provided a year, 3 years, 10 years?

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Supply Chain Transportation Cooper Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

They may not be like the big conglomerates of the 1960s — you can see how their portfolio of somewhat related business came about — but, in reality, the various divisions and business units do operate completely independently from one another. Finally, a corporation's head office can provide funds, much like an in-house bank.

Strategy 10

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 10

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.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

First, data cooperatives or pooling involve corporations and other entities joining together to create shared data resources. Through our research, we have identified six types of data collaboratives enabling the exchange of data and/or data science expertise across sectors to create public value.

Company 13

Company Policies Media Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Startups that operate in sectors with strong physical elements still have promising businesses despite using the internet to drive them.

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Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

rogue traders in finance). blaming subordinates for any failure), undermining cooperation, psychological safety, trust in coworkers, and the ability to admit uncertainty or mistakes. Organizations rely on cooperative teamwork to succeed. The business case against masculinity contests.

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Organization Cooper Bottom-up Reputation 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. Understanding how to lead and motivate groups and teams should not be considered one in the same with creating false perceptions of equality that don’t exist ( Bonus Post : CEOs and Team Building ).

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

Investors are genuinely concerned that regulators are incapable of making sure that published financial statements of companies in their exchanges accurately reflect the true operating positions of the firms. To reduce the insurance premiums, traded companies must cooperate and engage better with auditors.

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Insurance Incentives Quality Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

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Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Bob Lutz in his recent book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters makes the point that GM was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the MBA-trained finance guys took control of product development from the "car guys," who were engineers and designers. The poster child for his view was Roger Smith who was an MBA-trained accounting and finance specialist.

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CEO Finance Rogers Short-term 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2014

In season three of Mad Men , Sterling Coopers rainmakers — including Don Draper and Roger Sterling — are planning to leave the ad agency and to take as many clients as possible with them. Fans everywhere screamed, Joan! HBR: Whats the main takeaway of the research? Its not that creative people arent valuable!

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Cooper Rogers Advertising Creativity 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Digital natives such as Didi and Uber are operating customer-facing mobility platforms in cities around the world.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Since humans began cooperating, and also began failing to, there have been, among the under-appreciated drivers of human misery, the three Rs of payback: retaliation, redirected aggression, and revenge. A reputation for effective retaliation may well reduce the likelihood that a victim will be similarly targeted in the future.

Politics 9

Politics Ethics Reputation Stress 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Software development, operations, and support have to be provided for both offerings, and because they differ from one another considerably, economies of scale cannot be reached in the way possible with just one business model. as compared to other announcements, which underlines the importance of this finding.

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Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Various entities—privately owned tech companies, nonprofits, and platform cooperatives—can promote innovation while distributing benefits more fairly. Up & Go : A platform cooperative in New York City, allowing customers to order house-cleaning services from workers who earn higher wages and reinvest profits into the app.

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Cooper Open-book Innovation Technology 70

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

To do that, you need to obtain the cooperation, support, and goodwill of many people. Managing my practice and managing my clients are similar. As I have matured and learned more about both business and life, I have become less economically fearful and defensive. The goal in business is to bring in more money than you spend over the long run.

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Management Advertising Document Learning-by-Doing 264

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative. Along the same lines, a large meta-analysis showed that team members’ personalities influence cooperation, shared cognition, information sharing, and overall team performance. How to Handle a Colleague Who’s a Jerk When the Boss Isn’t Around. Amy Jen Su. Kevin Kniffin.

Skills 8

Skills Team Cooper Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. Besides whatever damage the conflict could do to U.S. It makes neutral resolution of disputes under those WTO rules more difficult.

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GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8