Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. New digital entrants have spotted the market opportunity created by these dynamics, and the result is an explosion in online lending to SMEs from fintech startups. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better.

Banking 132

Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 132

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

In essence, he challenged his team to act as a change leader – to disrupt before being disrupted — by interpreting the weak signals coming from the market. Launched in August 2015, Predix helps companies see how their machines and infrastructure are performing so that they can improve them constantly.

Agile 133

Agile Data Development Industry 133

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). Bain, one of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms, was founded in 1973.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

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 112

Company Benchmarking Travel Policies 112

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. ECB can’t move needle, but can talk. Fed now voicing EUR concerns again (MNI news).

Banking 71

Banking Engineering Finance Policies 71

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 76

Banking Finance Government Management 76

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. This gap between insurers and customers can be widened into a gulf by trust brokers, who dominate the top-heavy insurance brokerage market and benefit from its opacity and byzantine operating standards.

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Industry Balance Sheet 131

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

The Boston office was the originator of concepts such as the experience curve, the portfolio concept, time-based competition, and segment-of-one marketing. And with Bain’s globally-recognized social culture, Vault ranked Bain as the Best Place to Work in 2015. BCG opened shop in 1963 with founder Bruce Henderson at the helm.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

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

MAY 16, 2017

” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Meghna has been COO of a small market research company since she earned her MBA several years ago. into multiple global markets. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR. Expand from U.S.

Transportation 134

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 134

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? Magazine – 65-75% of small companies in the US – some 10 million – likely hang up a “for sale” sign in the next 10 years (2015). Axial – 66% of businesses with employees are owned by baby boomers (2015).

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

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

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. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Banking 74

Banking Finance Policies Meeting 74

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. If not, don’t even think about applying to work at Amazon.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Bain Resumes 100

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

DECEMBER 26, 2013

China''s Move to Market-Set Rates Let''s step back to December 8 and look at China Relaxes Grip on Interest Rates China is relaxing its grip on interest rates with the launch of a financial instrument that allows banks to trade deposits with each other at market-determined prices. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

Balance Sheet 64

Balance Sheet Marketing Banking Financial 64

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

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In today’s hiring market, a generous benefits package is essential for attracting and retaining top talent. 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.

Insurance 134

Insurance Insurance Survey Policies 134

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2014

Steen Jakobsen, chief economists and CIO of Saxo Bank has some interesting observations on the illusion of low interest rates and the vital flaw in Pimco''s bullishness at a market peak. Eternity in excess return from stock markets, eternity in no growth, eternity in low productivity, eternity in chasing yields. Eternity is here.

Banking 69

Banking Policies Marketing Finance 69

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

In July 2015, Novartis launched its new heart failure drug, Entresto, which Forbes in 2014 predicted would be a blockbuster — with expected sales of $10 billion annually — as the potential market in the US exceeds 5 million people with a heart failure condition. Laura Schneider for HBR. The failures continue.

Pharmaceuticals 70

Pharmaceuticals Sales Insurance Insurance 70

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

MishTalk

AUGUST 31, 2013

Unless Abe changes the plan, the sales tax will be raised to 10 percent in October 2015. Advocates, including officials at the Ministry of Finance, say raising the tax would be an important first step in trying to lower public debt, which is the worst among industrialized countries at more than twice the size of Japan''s economy.

Sales 73

Sales Finance Energy Policies 73

Kates Kesler

JULY 2, 2015

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. GOMs are typically composed of three dimensions: Geographic market units (regions, countries, or country clusters). Greg Kesler and Amy Kates.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Operations Agile Metrics 50

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 104

Media Company Culture Software 104

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This disconnect is a major problem for the continuing development of efficient capital markets. Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

Operations 70

Operations Finance Media Financial 70

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. GM market share fell from 62.6% 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.

Study 88

Study Emotional Intelligence Leadership Finance 88

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.

Boston Consulting Group 133

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 133

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Pension costs are already unraveling the state’s finances. billion in 2015 from $467 million in 2014. The increase is due largely to a law that will require significantly higher pension contributions by the city beginning in 2015. Reflections on Chicago''s Second Triple-Notch Bond Downgrade in Six Months. times to $1.2

Methodologies 69

Methodologies Government Finance Meeting 69

MishTalk

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Mr Kuroda, a former finance ministry official, reiterated his support for tighter fiscal policy to rein in Japan’s huge government debt, which is approaching two and a half years’ economic output. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Policies 70

Policies Banking Government Financial 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions. Risk management is a middle/front office role which assesses the market or credit risk assumed by the bank or its clients in a particular transaction. Salaries will vary by country and over time.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. capital markets, and it increases the credit-worthiness of U.S. Further, U.S.

System 70

System Finance Efficiency Government 70

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2014

Both France and Italy are currently under a Brussels regime of “specific monitoring” of their public finances because of slippage in their efforts to cut their budget deficits and reduce public debt. France was last year granted an extra two years to 2015 to meet the 3 per cent target.

Government 67

Government Course Finance Meeting 67

Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2021

The justification for the status quo is usually that “all models are wrong, but some are useful” While simplistic assumptions do make for easier math, and can help to predict market outcomes in stylised scenarios, the real world is both complex and dynamic. In reality, firms have a range of goals. Equilibrium. ” 6.

Productivity 97

Productivity Balance Sheet Marketing Government 97

MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The fact that rates were cut, even though many reformers within the administration were very much opposed, exemplifies the challenges that Beijing will face in 2015. We are going to see this argument replayed many times in 2015. in November, completing nearly three years of monthly declines.

Banking 71

Banking System Benchmarking Finance 71

MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2014

“You see a lot of retailers making adjustments in contemplation of the full effect of the employer mandate penalties in 2015,” Neil Trautwein, a lobbyist with the National Retail Federation, a trade group in Washington, said in a phone interview. Finance says You May Want to Thank Your Employer. Thank Your Employer?

Healthcare 72

Healthcare Insurance Insurance Retail 72

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

As the electric power industry shifts from a model where individual local utilities have a monopoly on electricity provision in a region to a much more dynamic market, these prosumers will be able to make and sell a variety of obscure new products and services like frequency regulation. California, Texas, and most of the U.S.

Energy 70

Energy Balance Sheet Efficiency Software 70

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Estimated to be valued at around $50B as of July 2015, Uber has experienced a rapid (to say the least!) Uber expects an all-in commitment from you to make sure that the company is successful in the city or market you are working in. How would you introduce Uber in a new market? ) 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance.

Culture 100

Culture Case Interview Interviews Transportation 100