The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 24, 2024

When the availability of skilled immigrants changes, companies may adjust their production methods, expand their operations, or move skilled workers overseas. American multinational corporations account for about one-third of H-1B visa applications for skilled workers, excluding those filed by foreign companies. In the U.S.,

Skills 64

Skills Policies Corporate Accountability Innovation 64

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

For RIM, is it the small base of application developers, or the lack of a handful of key applications? Is it Apple's consumer appeal, or the declining influence of corporate IT managers? Developing effective strategy in turbulent times requires breaking with old habits and having difficult discussions.

Strategy 16

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate).

TBL 15

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

What makes this case of corporate accountability so important is that it is a discretionary matter of "private ordering" under JP Morgan risk management policies, not under a mandatory rule contained in Dodd-Frank. Claw-backs or hold-backs of past awards could be appropriate for the departed employees.

CIO 9

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 9

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

If you love technology and developing computer programs, this is the career for you. Software developers can work in many different fields, including finance, education, information technology, health care, construction, and more. Software developers create applications (software) on computers or mobile devices.

Software 97

Software Real Estate Engineering Education 97

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2017

A wonderful New York Times article from 2007 recounted the 20 th annual “Operator’s Challenge” — aka the “Sludge Olympics” — a competition for New York sewage treatment workers. We’d all be served by identifying more ways to develop positive collegial relationships at work.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Learning-by-Doing Article 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

This requirement is in their very DNA or, better, the code we programmed into them when we invented them; seeing as how that was close to 1,000 years ago, corporations have had a pretty long and successful run as the dominant business entity. The strategy works, temporarily putting more cash on the positive side of the balance sheet.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8