Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. Finally, innovation in the financial markets are funding novel approaches to address these problems. Second, technology made Khan Academy possible.

Bond 12

Bond Education Finance Video 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

But effective security is driven as much by people as it is by technology. The ways those people interact with technology and each other can completely change the effectiveness of your security strategy. Online security often focuses on technical details — software, hardware, vulnerabilities, and the like.

Tools 8

Tools Engineering Rate of Return Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. government agency makes grants to emerging market countries to reduce poverty through economic growth. For example, the MCC awarded $547 million to the Government of Ghana to build roads and ferries to get farm goods to market.

Long-term 8

Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Deloitte attributes this fall in part to rising competitive intensity, as a result of new technologies and lower entry barriers. companies have enjoyed supernormal rates of return. But this phenomenon of rising competitive intensity does not, evidently, apply to all firms. An increasing number of U.S.

ROIC 8

ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time.

Hedge 15

Hedge Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The We Mean Business report cites an internal rate of return of 81% (that’s a ridiculous payback) on energy efficiency in the U.S., Even those hippies over at asset manager Lazard calculate that the cost of solar PV technologies has dropped nearly 80% in five years. We citizen consumers need to step up, too.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

I believe similar strategies could dramatically increase the enrollment rate for retirement plans among employees by suggesting, for example, secure passwords. Technology can even impact how people feel about their investment returns. That’s a huge improvement from a simple digital fix.

Planning 8

Planning Short-term Long-term Policies 8

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The paper utilizes longitudinal administrative data from Germany to shed light on the long-term benefits of apprenticeship training programs for workers entering the labor market after completing secondary school. Thus, the study demonstrates that apprenticeship training yields substantial benefits to both individuals and society.

Career 115

Career Training Rate of Return Education 115

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

But drip irrigation is not a new technology, it has been around for over 120 years, and many companies have developed and marketed it. Netafim now controls over one-third of the market for this seemingly commoditized micro-irrigation equipment market. The reason is a problem common to almost all new technology adoptions.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Mission Statement Rate of Return 8