Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands. In Amazon’s case, all this cash is being used to finance the company’s continued explosive growth.

Retail 22

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 22

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. From the government?

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Incentives Parcell 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. Each month, managers had been focusing on a new performance metric — first-call resolution, average call-time — so the phone staff was confused as a result. A man who is.

Metrics 15

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

But we now see insurers exploiting geographically refined data to more precisely estimate land parcel risk. When valuing these rebates, Re:focus relies on Risk Management Solutions’ modeling software to accurately judge how much a project reduces disaster risk.

Insurance 14

Insurance Real Estate Industry Bond 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

One of us recently had the opportunity to test the concept of mindful strategy with a group of middle managers and senior executives from the legal, advertising, finance, and non-profit sectors in the Bay Area. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. ” In action, this three-portfolio strategy management system is decidedly organic, not mechanical.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

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. How has Europe dealt with the situation? Transparency and governance issues abound. billion).

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8