Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

In its 2014 survey on workplace flexibility, the Society for Human Resource Management found that one-third of companies participating in the survey saw a decrease in absenteeism after they implemented flex-time policies. That benefit should reap results in healthier and happier employees who take fewer unplanned sick days.

Productivity 132

Productivity Survey Financial Exercises 132

Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

Furthermore, labor can now be more efficiently allocated to other value-added activities throughout the store. Due in part to this innovative approach, Fabletics drew more monthly unique website visitors on average in both 2014 and 2015 than competitors Lululemon and Athleta. The result?

Trends 123

Trends Hotels How To Retail 123

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Data is not always shared efficiently. In 2014, Sprint had a customer churn rate of 2.3% — twice as much as its biggest competitors. .” Most organizations are challenged to extract meaningful insights from their customer data when they’re drowning in so many data feeds.

Data 127

Data Banking Sales Accenture 127

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2017

Even if you think you already delegate effectively to an extent, I bet you have room for even greater efficiency and resulting peace of mind, whether on the home or work front. The skill is learning how to delegate. Even better than you do right now. But all of these fears are a myth.

How To 134

How To Examples Hotels Airlines 134

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

billion debit and credit card transactions, its research revealed a dramatic slowdown in the growth of everyday consumer spending from 2014 to 2015. When JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyzed 12.4 That data shaped the company’s future strategies and offerings.

Banking 116

Banking Data Financial Media 116

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

As I described in my 2014 and 2015 reports, for two years running, BYOD existed in over half the 300 companies surveyed: 35% of organizations officially allowed it and 20% did not officially allow it but acknowledged its existence. They’re under pressure to provide good, efficient service. BYOA showed a different pattern.

Trends 70

Trends Survey Telecommunications Groups 70

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

In 2014 Jess Jacobs, a director in an innovation lab, started blogging about her experience as she received treatment for two rare diseases. So unlike your average patient, she described one 12-hour wait in the ER as having a “7% process cycle efficiency.” Jess was trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Metrics 131

Metrics Education Operations System 131

Halo Psych

JANUARY 13, 2025

2014, May). 177) Why not try the Yes/No approach, the next time something comes in that could distract or derail you? Friends with health benefits: A field experiment. Management Science, 0 (0). Gollwitzer, P. Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. American Psychologist , 54(7), 493503. Harvard Business Review.

Journal 103

Journal Exercises Research Study 103

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. .”

Company 119

Company Recruiting Recruitment Talent 119

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

We built an EHR interface for clinicians in the ICU called Ambient Warning and Response Evaluation (AWARE), which we introduced in our ICUs in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2012, and in our campuses in Phoenix/Scottsdale and Jacksonville, Florida, in 2014. It also saves three to five minutes on chart review per patient per day.

Data 119

Data Information Technology Information Technology Tools 119

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

Distributing social responsibilities to relevant people across the organization can be efficient, be effective, and help make one-on-one customer engagement scalable. Develop a social care team that can address all areas of social information efficiently and effectively. Identify policies and software systems needed for implementation.

Media 70

Media Marketing Software Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

In 2014, Gartner Research, creator of the Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things, predicted that a “typical family home” could hold up to 500 smart objects by 2022. In our minds, the whole package was a tremendous leap forward in terms of efficiency, convenience, and comfort. appeared in an IBM investor briefing.

Productivity 120

Productivity Software Development Efficiency 120

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. 2014) Due Diligence Provider of the Year – Unquote British Private Equity Awards. 2014) #14 – Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2014

household is expected to spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years. per gallon from its 2014 peak in late April and the lowest price since October 2009. The average U.S. The price for U.S.

Energy 65

Energy Travel Survey Report 65

Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

New Beginning, Making Gains: Attitude change and acceptance take hold as people perceive benefits (improved efficiency, new skills, better service) and celebrate successes. 2014) Drum circles as a team-building intervention. The Role of the Arts in Organizational Settings. Human Resource Development Review, 9 , 25–3. link] Stevens, C.

Organizational Development 98

Organizational Development Development Exercises Groups 98

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Looking closer at the period following the financial crisis, 2010 to 2014, we find that weak demand played a key role in the recent productivity growth decline to historic lows. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014. in 2010 to 2014, and is forecast to slightly increase to 2.8% in 2014 to 2020.

Retail 71

Retail Financial Productivity Trends 71

Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” In the US it is very easy and efficient to use payment cards at most merchants. percent in November 2014, to 0.8

Retail 70

Retail Financial Comparison Strategy 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

And, crucially, the DOJ did not see benefits to the concentration — no countervailing pro-competitive or efficiency effects that might have tilted the balance in favor of approval. This would reduce options for customers (huge oil companies themselves) and may reduce innovation, they reasoned. Open and shut case they said.

Guidelines 99

Guidelines Airlines Industry Company 99

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Internet users had almost doubled between 2014 and 2018, reaching almost one third of the user base. They will need to challenge the prevailing efficiency mindset and embrace a mindset that focuses on accelerating learning to address the rapidly evolving needs of customers.

Productivity 132

Productivity Insurance Insurance Trends 132

MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

On June 7, 2014 I wrote Looking to Drastically Reduce College Costs? It also offers some of the world''s most cost-efficient college degrees. Study Abroad! Yesterday, a writer for the Washington Post expressed the same opinion. Please consider 7 countries where Americans can study at universities, in English, for free (or almost free).

Education 77

Education Government Study Course 77

MishTalk

APRIL 9, 2014

I would also emphasize the secular trends since the early 1980s that underly Mish''s third chart above: The general decline in US manufacturing triggered by the growth offshoring and the accelerating efficiencies of technologies that replace human labor. Apparently not. Yesterday, the IMF Cut Downturn Danger to Near Zero.

Trends 60

Trends Efficiency Data Management 60

MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

Economist Andy Xie has an interesting article in CaixinOnline that contains his views on 2014. The global economy is unlikely to accelerate in 2014. Abenomics is likely to fizzle out in 2014. It increases growth potential through higher efficiency. I agree with nearly all his viewpoints but one. The hope that the U.S.

Information Technology 74

Information Technology Information Technology Financial Policies 74

BCG

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

See Time for Rebalancing: Insights from BCG’s Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2014 , BCG Focus, December 2014.). Pressure is also on banks to refine their steering, IT, and ­analytics approaches to eke out basis points of margin, improve their operating ­efficiency, and enhance their insight-generating capabilities.

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Survey Boston Consulting Group Banking 40

Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2018

In collaboration with Georgia State University (GSU), we tested whether “Pounce,” a conversational AI system built by AdmitHub and named for the GSU mascot, could efficiently support would-be college freshmen with their transition to college. Pounce features two key innovations. When is orientation? Can I have a car on campus?

Education 71

Education System Data Efficiency 71

MishTalk

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Heading into 2014, Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets remains adamant that growth estimates for China are too high and that rebalancing (while necessary), implies lower growth than most expect. I wish my readers a great 2014. It is clear that Beijing recognizes the problem of excess capacity. Stay tuned.

Balance Sheet 66

Balance Sheet Banking Policies Financial 66

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. In the durability state, we found efficient, mature industries — think alcoholic beverages or tires and rubber. There are exceptions, however, such as Lowe’s, the home-improvement retailer.

Industry 71

Industry Retail Accenture Transportation 71

Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

” Millions of lost dollars from client defections later, FCB split from Draft and reverted back to its origins in 2014. Cost-cutting and job losses typically occur in M&A as companies aggressively pursue efficiencies and eliminate redundancies. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

Company 109

Company Enterprise Culture Accenture 109

The Source

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The market grew 6% over 2014, even with oil prices faltering towards the end of the year, and looks set to grow 3% in 2015 despite a prolonged period of depressed prices. Another is that the turmoil has created plenty of work around cost cutting and efficiency. In fact, consultants to the energy sector are sitting pretty right now.

Energy 45

Energy Efficiency Consulting Marketing 45

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. Nearly all of these practices run counter to conventional banking wisdom, which holds that to be efficient a bank must consolidate operational activities and centralize decision making on matters like pricing and lending.

Management 70

Management Banking Pharmaceuticals Productivity 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In addition to the financial benefits that accrue from increased competitive advantage and innovation as discussed earlier, companies are realizing significant cost savings through environmental sustainability-related operational efficiencies. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8

Study 70

Study Productivity Efficiency Operations 70

MishTalk

OCTOBER 29, 2014

NEW YORK — On October 29, 2014, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) directed the Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to conclude the current asset purchase program by the end of October. The distribution of agency MBS purchases could change if market conditions warrant.

Policies 65

Policies Operations Marketing Banking 65

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

When Prime Minister Modi assumed power in 2014, he put digital transformation at the center of his plans. Among the first actions the Modi government undertook was to launch the Pradhan Mantri Jan–Dhan Yojana (PMJDY, or Jan Dhan) financial inclusion program on August 28, 2014.

Government 134

Government Banking System Policies 134

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. That’s valuable information, as it allows us to see who can follow directions, as well as who can provide crucial information in an efficient, time-sensitive manner.

Culture 70

Culture Recruitment Recruiting Video 70

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 2, 2017

An example from 2014 occurred when McKinsey poached two partners from AlixPartners, one of the world’s best-known restructuring firms. A firm may also lack the expertise or manpower needed to implement recommendations efficiently and effectively. Turnarounds. Cost Effective Solution. For some types of projects (e.g.

Consulting 68

Consulting McKinsey Turnaround Information Technology 68

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

Improving user capabilities would measurably improve Airbnb efficiencies. Before the company’s $155 billion IPO in 2014 — the largest initial public offering in history — he observed, “we want to help small businesses grow by solving their problems.” That’s the essence of network effects.

Insurance 70

Insurance Insurance Education Advertising 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and optimization and who grew their businesses by making them work better than they had previously. When Nadella took over the CEO role in 2014, he immediately began refocusing the company on growth.

Management 71

Management Enterprise Metrics Productivity 71

Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

In the fall of 2014 my colleague Catherine Tucker and I conducted a large-scale experiment at MIT, in which 4,494 undergraduate students were offered access to bitcoin. To understand the transformation that’s being brought about by blockchain technology, it’s useful to start with its largest implementation to date: bitcoin.

Finance 70

Finance Financial Video Government 70