Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

The current innovation model in the finance sector is designed to generate the highest possible short-term returns. Startups alone won’t fill that vacuum: Stewards must emerge from the old guard of financial services. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed.

Industry 15

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

market , and still has a large cash hoard for investment from its last financing round at a valuation of $68 billion, making it the highest-valued unicorn in the history of business. This occurs when the founder’s leadership skills hit a limit, inhibiting the ability of the company to go to the next stage.

CEO 15

CEO Energy IPO COO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

I still remember when Steve Jobs was featured in business school case studies as an example of bad leadership style. 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

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Unlike Mr. Icahn, I do not write to you as an Apple shareholder (I hold no Apple shares).

EPS 14

EPS Incentives Innovation Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Since positioning is vital in new markets, today’s boards must include Chief Marketing Officers, not just directors with operations or finance backgrounds. Government measures intended to cool an overheating economy, such as tightening loans and freezing IPOs, are holding back companies that need capital to grow. An HBR Insight Center.

Brand 9

Brand Globalization Company Development 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Its IPO in 1999 was a sensation ; by autumn 2000 its market capitalization topped $65 billion and the ratio of its stock price to the next year’s projected earnings was a staggering 483. attempt to change the leadership and strategic direction of the company. Finance Tech industry Technology' Maybe it’s both.

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In this category, we primarily looked at three subcategories: inputs (financing options, talent retention, startup capacity), process (how sophisticated are firms’ business processes, and what’s the level of R&D?), We also measured broader concerns such as transparency, rule of law, and regulatory quality.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The forthcoming Facebook IPO gives us lots to talk about. The first order explanation is that the founding CEO didn't have the wealth to keep the revenue stream and so had to sell the claim to finance the company's expansion: they gave up a large share of the claim on revenue but kept control. So why IPO?

IPO 17

IPO Incentives Entrepreneur Business Model 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

That may just be because some of the partnership ethos lived on nine years after the IPO, meaning that the firm is unlikely to do so well in the next financial crisis. Then the combination of bigger paychecks and higher college and grad school tuition began driving the best students into finance.

Hedge 18

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 18