Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. Besides the meeting itself, I was struck by the considerable focus on green issues in China.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

But just because your company is not fully evolved on the social change scale doesn't mean that there's nothing you (as a manager) can do. On a more modest scale, encourage your team members to do volunteer work in local communities; or have your team "adopt" specific development projects, such as those with Global Giving.

Prahalad 16

Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This is what is going on now in community development. It’s a valid question, but disappointingly, almost no NGO can point to evidence of impact. Instead, the NGOs fall back on process measures, like how many schools have been built or teachers hired. Big trends in business and society tend to march along at a measured pace.

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Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Now and then, over the years, a government agency or NGO issues a report that is startlingly insightful and useful. The study grew out of the recognition that, in a developing nation, cultivating a thriving private sector is fundamental to sustainable economic growth—and that the world already knows a lot about how to do this.

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NGO Bottom-up Report GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

These "small stretches" also energized participants and helped them develop capabilities as growth leaders. As one manager said, "I learned more in 100 days than I had in the previous several years.". Short-term stretch goals also work with community development and not-for-profit initiatives.

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Goal Short-term NGO Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. Risk reduction: Managing your nature-sourced supply chain well can help avoid headaches and possible litigation.

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Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 18

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Across the board we see the top executives of some of the world's largest organizations talking about, taking action on, and defining their success in terms of things that have conventionally been the realm of political leaders and NGO activists. The change has not gone unremarked by management's leading thinkers.

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Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You can run the largest NGO on the planet, and if you're being chicken-s**t, then you've squandered the powerful position you've been given. When I get my nonprofit management degree, that's when I can really start making a difference," we say to ourselves. Because that's what really makes a difference.

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NGO Banking Learning-by-Doing Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The true solution, we think, lies in understanding the changed nature of modern supply chains and identifying new business models better suited for managing them. But however well intentioned the ideas are, this is not the best use of one of the most productive workforces in the world.

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Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Nor did we realize the amount of management time it would require for us to raise this capital as a non-profit organization; precious time that would be taken away from building the product and the infrastructure needed to deliver the product, and to make impact at the scale we had envisioned.

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NGO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

To be sure, many international water agencies have left developing countries but those exits tend to reflect a loss of funding or end of a contract — or sometimes a convenient belief that a community water challenge has been solved by simply installing a water system and providing basic community management training.

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Venture Capitalist Exit Strategy NGO Mission Statement 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Here in the Guardian , two business professors offer a practical solution to all three problems using developing nations’ supply chains. When disaster strikes, the NGO would set up pop-up warehouses in those locations to channel relief directly from the manufacturers to the myriad micro sites. — for temporary warehouse sites.

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Supply Chain EBITDA NGO Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

The outcome is delivered on the machine screen with a printout, providing confidence of analysis and further actions which may include prescriptions at participating pharmacies, or escalation for medical attention with NGO doctors who supply anonymous medical treatments. The creators are targeting refugee camps in Europe.

Health Care 14

Health Care Technology System Library 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. They developed a system to insert these messages into normal data traffic and measure the response through South Africa's National AIDS Helpline.

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Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". In reality, both views were right. In the U.S., a backdoor approach to climate policy took over. Company Stories.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao Paolo, Lagos, New Delhi, Guangzhou, Jakarta, and many others. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

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Finance Bond Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

For these reasons, we need to look beyond the current horizon of those who already have diabetes and get a firmer grip on the even greater proportion of the population — nearly 2 billion people — who are at risk of developing the condition. Make health a priority in urban planning.

Health Care 8

Health Care NGO Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills.

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Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations. Anytime the giants of an industry really start competing and collaborating on sustainability, it’s a very good development.

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

feridun akgüngör. ” In the attention economy, the ability to maintain focus and concentration is every bit as important as technical or management skills. Understand that mindfulness is not just a sedentary practice; mindfulness is about developing a sharp, clear mind.

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Sharpe NGO How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. ” Many sectors are crowded in developed markets, but wide open at the frontiers. Premise and Asoko grow not only because they are in new markets, but because they’re developing a new model to succeed there. For our family, it’s the homecoming routine.

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Company NGO Long-term Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. When business is conducted globally, we often have to travel long distances to launch projects, meet with partners, negotiate deals, address crises, manage customer relations, and engage in a variety of other activities on the behalf of our organizations.

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Travel NGO Energy Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

We can manage without you.’ All in all, “getting laid off is a manageable setback on the scale of human experience,” Lees says. Develop an “objective, short, and upbeat” message that shows you’re “not a victim and you’re not stuck.” ’ It feels personal.”

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How To Budgeting Self-aware Career 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Take the case of Kibreab Kidane, who came to Britain with 20 years’ senior experience in Eritrea as an Accountancy Manager and Auditor. In most developing countries, if you have a good degree, you get a job. But the number of people that this NGO can place is very small. I want to give something back to the Irish people.”

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Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Other group team-building activities are done with the intention of building some specific skill in the employees, such as time management or conflict resolution, and as a result, they can take on many shapes. Finding a local NGO or community that you want to work with is the first step to this team-building activity.

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Team Building Reputation Team Review 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Anyone following developments in the African IT space from afar can be forgiven for thinking that it’s all about the consumer, and that applications and services for business lag far behind. Traditional training courses often fly into cultural walls of hierarchy and formality that prevent managers from falling in line.

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CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 10