Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As I think about companies that compete on consistent, low cost, reliable operations, most have or had leaders who were process innovators, such as Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines, Sam Walton at Wal-Mart, Ray Kroc at McDonalds, Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com, and Fred Smith at FedEx.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. And a lot is happening in Silicon Valley.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In Mexico, in the innovative sectors that entrepreneurs usually enter — mobile technology, branchless banking, housing for rural or semi-urban areas, basic services such as water, telecommunications, education, etc. — there is either a lack of "roads" or lack of access to them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Use risk data as an avenue for innovation. The marketing and sales team of one major technology vendor, for instance, partnered with risk to assemble a range of financing packages to help its mid-market clients fund upgrades, manage invoice payments, and smooth cash flows. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries. Partnerships can help finance women entrepreneurs, create local centers to supply clean water, and inform communities via text messages when clean water is available.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Work Based Learning Lead, phs group I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy. Having colleagues undertake and complete these apprenticeships has underpinned our business success and growth over the last four years.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. or China should get the gold medal.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. That's right. Contestification.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Walker’s innovation was to bind travelers to pay the prices they bid if the airlines and hoteliers on Priceline accepted the offers. Economists and finance.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. Investing in innovation capacity. billion).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

It is clear to us that the failure of different parts of the system — payers, providers, patients, professionals, policy makers, politicians, the public, and the press — to pull in the same direction is a serious drag on innovation and progress. This failure to work together across a system continually exercises me.

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