Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

corporations from 1985 to 2015. Despite the general trend across schools toward becoming more finance-oriented, there could have been considerable variation in what’s taught. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools. firms, and put the brakes on diversification.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Steve Shu Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The book is not intended to explore detailed behavioral science principals as covered in other great books like Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman 2013) or The Last Mile (Soman 2015). Chapter 2: Organizations Can Package Behavioral Science for Good – This chapter describes a case of using behavioral finance in the retirement plan design space.

Ethics 150

Ethics System Finance Company 150

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For example, please consider this Reuters September 2014 headline: France Breaks 2015 Deficit-Cutting Promise. France announced on Wednesday it was breaking the latest in a long line of promises to European Union partners to cut its public deficit, conceding it now would take until 2017 to bring its finances in line with EU rules.

Finance 68

Finance Government Report Meeting 68

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Higher-fee, actively managed funds lost $500 billion in assets since 2015, with much of it flowing to much lower cost passive funds (e.g. In financial services, there are signs that traditional products like mutual funds are beginning to wane. index funds). on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 129

Real Estate Finance Survey Financial 129

BCG

AUGUST 29, 2016

Following a strong 2014, the year 2015 will go into the books as a record for global M&A deal making. The Boston Consulting Group's 2015 M&A report confirmed that companies that do their homework and practice disciplined postmerger integration can indeed acquire their way to growth in both earnings and shareholder returns.

Report 75

Report Boston Consulting Group Finance Research 75

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although roughly 1,000 employees had been fired each year since 2011 for these practices, the board only became “very active” on the issue in 2015. It was yet another two years before Stumpf brought in consultants in 2015 to investigate the full scope of impact on consumers.

Leadership 129

Leadership Banking Ethics Culture 129

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2016

and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change. Frontline Data as Wake Up Call. Habitat has thereby transformed the nature and scale of its impact.

Data 121

Data Finance Survey Education 121

MishTalk

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Anton Siluanov, finance minister, said state-owned VTB, the second-largest lender by assets, could receive Rbs100bn before the end of this year and another Rbs150bn in 2015, while Gazprombank could be allocated Rbs70bn. The authorities also said they would spend Rbs320bn ($5.9bn) propping up two other banks.

Banking 69

Banking Finance Financial Insurance 69

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies. Hence the issuing of our now-retracted guidance in 2015. of employment in 2005 to 9.6%

Case Interview 134

Case Interview Government Insurance Insurance 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is significant — there were 6,822 claims of sexual harassment in 2015. Indeed, a 2015 survey showed that 71% of women do not report sexual harassment, and far fewer bystanders report harassment that they have witnessed. Why do so few victims and observers report sexual harassment?

Report 132

Report Case Interview Culture Training 132

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

If fighting continued in eastern Ukraine at the same level throughout 2015, it added, Ukraine would need additional financing of $19bn to shore up its central bank reserves. “I If fighting continued through the rest of this year and 2015, however, the economy would contract by 7.3 per cent this year and another 4.2

Banking 75

Banking Finance Government Management 75

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. In another company, commercial discounts was essentially a black box for the finance chief and CEO.

Company 114

Company Benchmarking Travel Policies 114

BCG

MAY 16, 2016

Nearly eight in ten South Africans, according to research BCG conducted this March, say they are optimistic about the future—roughly the same number as in early 2015. The country’s finance minister has conceded that “South Africa is in a crisis.”. And around half say they plan to spend more this year.

How To 67

How To Finance Policies Research 67

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Despite this lack of focused attention toward development of leadership capabilities in trainees, evidence suggests that leadership quality affects patients, healthcare system outcomes, and finances alike. impact of training on quality metrics) of their interventions.

Training 132

Training Training Leadership Healthcare 132

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

China Momentum The world is now reduced to: Japan QE Infinite (Helicopter money next) – BOJ is buying more than 100% of issuance from Ministry of Finance now! Working on Outrageous Predictions 2015 – input very welcome. Not sure I fully agree, but it’s certainly possible. ECB can’t move needle, but can talk.

Banking 67

Banking Engineering Finance Policies 67

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Image Source: WallpaperUp ).

Education 83

Education Finance Enterprise Banking 83

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

Launched in August 2015, Predix helps companies see how their machines and infrastructure are performing so that they can improve them constantly. Marketing, commercial and finance have to work together to develop new pricing models. All of this has to happen fluidly and rapidly.

Agile 134

Agile Data Development Industry 134

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. .”

Advertising 132

Advertising Turnaround Resources Comparison 132

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015. Today, every company, small or multi-national, new or incumbent, can obtain innovation capacity.

System 132

System Development Resources Case Study 132

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In these times of fiscal discontent and protests by Brussels, the expected improvement of public accounts in France in 2014 and 2015, the government had to be reassuring about the traditional collective fiscal year-end synopsis presented on Wednesday. in 2015, without increasing the tax burden, government must cut expenses by 16 billion.

Government 67

Government Survey Finance Meeting 67

MishTalk

AUGUST 14, 2014

French finance minister Michel Sapin said that economic growth this year would now be 0.5 per cent of economic output this year, a level it had set as a necessary stepping stone to achieving the EU’s ceiling of 3 per cent of output by 2015. Germany’s economy, which provides more than a quarter of the euro area’s output, shrank 0.2

Government 78

Government Finance Data Meeting 78

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In a document prepared ahead of this week’s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Australia, the IMF said that growth in the first half of this year was weaker than it had predicted in April. The Fund signalled it is likely to cut its next batch of forecasts which will be released in October.

Banking 72

Banking Finance Policies Meeting 72

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

As JPMorgan Chase’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, warned in a June 2015 letter to the bank’s shareholders, “Silicon Valley is coming.” This finding confirms what bankers fear: digitization upends business models, enabling greater competition that puts pressure on incumbents. Sometimes David can triumph over Goliath.

Banking 133

Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 133

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. In today’s hiring market, a generous benefits package is essential for attracting and retaining top talent.

Insurance 134

Insurance Insurance Survey Policies 134

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

For the third time France Warns of Budget Overshoot France has declared it will heavily overshoot its already twice-delayed budget deficit target next year, setting up tough negotiations with European partners previously reluctant to grant Paris more time to bring its public finances within EU limits. Mr Sapin said the deficit would reach 4.3

Finance 67

Finance Government Banking Policies 67

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

And with Bain’s globally-recognized social culture, Vault ranked Bain as the Best Place to Work in 2015. Despite the teeny-tiny footprint (compared to most McKinsey locations), several global practice leaders – in Corporate Finance, Marketing & Sales, Innovation, Strategy, Consumer and Transactions – are based in Boston.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Of course, the retrenchment of global finance also reflects pressure on banks from regulators and shareholders to rebuild their capital and liquidity. As European banks retreat, China is leading something of a changing of the guard in global finance. China has risen from 16th place in 2005 to 8th in 2015. And it is not alone.

Banking 71

Banking Balance Sheet McKinsey Finance 71

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

Cash Flow 70

Cash Flow Finance Financial Company 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2015, Global Trade Alert, an independent trade-monitoring group, cited at least 644 discriminatory trade measures imposed by the G20 economies with the U.S. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Policies Banking Operations 70

The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 5, 2019

In 2015, there were only had about 50 members who were actually participating in their Recovery Circles regularly. In 2015, the Cafe had a handful of Circles, and a few drop-in activities. million renovation of the Cafe itself, financed through CDBG funds, and all the delays, bureaucracy, endless meetings, and hard work that implies.

Nonprofit 69

Nonprofit Construction Financial Operations 69

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR. Note the first bullet in which she directly addressed the discrepancy between her current title/job description and chief administrative officer responsibilities.

Transportation 134

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 134

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% At 20%, China’s share of global R&D expenditure in 2015 was well above Japan’s at 9% or Germany’s at 6% and second only to that of the U.S. Total investment in R&D (as a proportion of GDP) grew from 0.9% in 2000 to 2.0% ” But what’s the effect?

Government 70

Government Intellectual Property Policies Research 70

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

According to a McKinsey report , China is one of the top economic partners for Africa across five dimensions: trade, level of foreign direct investment (FDI), growth of FDI, infrastructure financing, and aid. More than $94 billion was invested in Africa from 2000 to 2015. No other country matches this depth and breadth of engagement.

Real Estate 88

Real Estate McKinsey Survey Government 88

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. 2015) #23 in The Top 50 Consulting Firms – Vault. Not a small, or even a medium, deal. 2014) Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts – Commonwealth Institute.

Analysis 100

Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

Management Consulted

AUGUST 14, 2016

Founded in 1994 and incorporated in 1996 by Jeff Bezos (still the Chairman, President, and CEO), Amazon has over 88,400 employees and generated revenues of over $107B in 2015 (not too bad, if you ask us). 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Amazon.com, Inc. is a Fortune 100 company based in Seattle, WA.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Bain Resumes 100

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. The lack of quality for their customers has dogged GM for years. Even today, GM has record recalls.

Study 88

Study Emotional Intelligence Leadership Finance 88