Tom Spencer

JULY 4, 2020

After the initial success of Paypal and the continuing technological revolution, banks and debit card networks were inspired to develop their own mobile P2P services. In 1999, Bank of America and Citi developed Cashedge , a standalone mobile payment system created to send funds from one financial institution to the other.

Banking 88

Banking System Financial Development 88

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“When Dr. Goldratt came to me and asked, ‘Eli, how long will it take you to develop a new feature’, I hesitated. Such flexibility not only allows for real-time optimization but also leads to more efficient resource management. It helps us begin somewhere rather than getting paralyzed by what we don’t know.

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SkillQuo

AUGUST 16, 2017

Now, the on-demand executive phenomenon has truly spread across the world and according to American consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, the UK market for on-demand executives is one of the world’s most developed, accounting for $1.8 billion in revenue in 2009. On-demand CEOs are not exclusive to American business, though.

SMB 60

SMB Enterprise Talent Efficiency 60

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? For example (books have affiliate Amazon links): Takeuchi and Nonaka published The New New Product Development Game in HBR in 1986.

Agile 66

Agile Software Productivity Culture 66

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends.

Company 52

Company Leadership Case Study Case Studies 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. They are subject to more rigorous stress testing by regulators and have to develop plans aimed at ensuring that they can recover from a crisis. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

Banking 73

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

System 87

System Change Management Healthcare Government 87

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Fitz–Enz (2009) , who coined the term ‘ROI of Human Capital’, also included costs such as: Reduced productivity – the learning curve effect posits that average production costs fall in a predictable manner with total accumulated production. Care enough to recognize employee achievements, offering gratitude and celebrating successes.

Productivity 76

Productivity Recruitment Recruiting Training 76

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Scientists in Sweden have developed a hemp-bleaching process that uses only natural enzymes and some pounding of the pulp. Many developing countries grow cotton as a cash crop, trying desperately to pay off foreign debt. Somewhere between 10 million and 90 million acres, depending on how efficient the production is.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

MishTalk

OCTOBER 13, 2014

China Seeks Development of Eurasian Trade. In 2009, we saw Ridiculous Hype Over Secret Oil Meetings. The kinds of reforms that Zhou is believed consistently to have championed are pretty much the liberalizing reforms that will open the Chinese economy up to a far more efficient and productive use of domestic resources.

Banking 64

Banking Financial Government System 64

Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 14, 2012

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Development 54

Development Efficiency Organizational Development Nonprofit 54

MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

Blue River, which has raised more than $3 million in venture capital, also plans to develop machines to automate weeding – and eventually harvesting – using many of the same technologies. Another company, San Diego-based Vision Robotics, is developing a similar lettuce thinner as well as a pruner for wine grapes.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations.

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Energy Government Efficiency Transportation 132

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

legal system is already having trouble keeping up with the pace of developments in transportation. “The city is currently soliciting proposals from tech companies to test and develop driverless car and roadside sensor technology.” But typical of disruptive transformation in other industries, the U.S.

Transportation 70

Transportation Software System Efficiency 70

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

It should have been obvious, at least back in 2009, when analysts were all falling over themselves to applaud China’s fiscal and credit response to the global crisis, that we were making a bad situation immeasurably worse, and that the reforms, urgent then, would become all the more urgent under the new administration. August 2009 (80).

Real Estate 63

Real Estate Financial Analysis Case Interview 63

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But in 2009, federal regulations applied financial incentives and penalties to drive broad implementation of EMRs. Intermountain Healthcare, a system that serves patients in Utah and Idaho, has developed many such guides and is working to embed them into EMR workflows. These applications of the EMR are in early development.

Guidelines 73

Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 73

Epicflow

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Developing a Fully Integrated Metric: the DIPP Although monetizing the first two sides of the triangle, SCOPE and COST, provides all the data needed to calculate project profit, every project manager knows that the third side is, in its own way, at least as crucial as the other two. If not, don’t do it! Devaux, Stephen A., “The

Resources 130

Resources Metrics Data Cash Flow 130

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. However, our analysis did find that patients treated by locum tenens physicians have slightly higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay, which raises the possibility that they deliver modestly less efficient care. Our study was recently published in JAMA.

Survey 73

Survey Efficiency Study System 73

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

They operate platforms that make it easy and efficient for participants to connect and exchange value. Three of the five most highly valued companies in the world — Apple, Google, and Microsoft — make much of their profits from connecting different groups, like developers and users in the case of Apple.

Operations 70

Operations B2B Groups Software 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For example, Scott Blackburn, an Army veteran and former McKinsey & Company partner was paired with Chief of Staff Robert Snyder, who joined VA in 2009 after a 26-year career in the Army, to lead the transformation and reorganization initiative.

Culture 70

Culture Leadership Resources Healthcare 70

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

2009 began another era of change and purchasing frenzy as PwC decided to re-create a consultancy branch , starting with the acquisition of Paragon Consulting Group and the commercial services business of BearingPoint. PwC moved on to acquire Ant’s Eye View, in August 2012, a social media strategy development and consulting firm.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009). He is the former GE CEO and is known for achieving tremendous organizational results and developing followers. References: Bartlett, R.

Culture 52

Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

Three prior CIA directors, and countless senior officials, operations officers, analysts, technical experts, and support teams carried out this campaign, developing important pieces of intelligence along the way. But when we arrived at Langley in early 2009, there were no solid leads on Bin Laden’s whereabouts.

Management 70

Management Operations Government Report 70

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more.

Productivity 140

Productivity Automotive Industry Healthcare 140

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, there were 8,786 U.S. the main home of Arab inventors, but the number of Arab patents increased 62% over 10 years, from 1,826 patent applications from 1999–2003 to 2,962 from 2009–2013. putting logistical conveniences ahead of merit, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Research 136

Research Analysis Education Data 136

Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 30, 2021

And the team you have in place whether they work for you full time or on a 1099 can and will impact your efficiency. He wrote a book called Start with Why back in 2009. You have to convince, persuade, cajole and sway them in any way you can to be effective. Nobody can do it all alone. At least not the ones I’ve come across.

Marketing 52

Marketing Consulting Software Turnaround 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Two developments bear noting. In 2009 Netflix needed high-quality content to grow its streaming business. Competition in the media leads to efficiency as well as to checks and balances — all good things. First, and most obvious, traditional media is no longer the only way to spread the word.

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Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 135