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

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

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. Equally adept at managing people and operations.

Transportation 134

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 134

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

Three ways to manage the digital transition are: Define where change is needed most: Digital technology affects every company differently, but it tends to create or destroy value in four critical areas of the organization: customer engagement, digital products and services, operational performance, and preparing for disruptive new business models.

Agile 133

Agile Data Development Industry 133

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. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015.

System 132

System Development Resources Case Study 132

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 amounts to putting a toe in the water, while keeping current operations relatively separate and pristine. Sometimes David can triumph over Goliath.

Banking 132

Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. 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.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Policies Banking Operations 70

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

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

How To 105

How To Software System Data 105

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

The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 5, 2019

When I arrived, the Cafe had only been operating for about one year, and was only open three days each week, and serving four meals. 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.

Nonprofit 69

Nonprofit Construction Financial Operations 69

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This leaves operating managers, the ultimate “consumers” of talent, to choose between two talent acquisitions methods (or “sourcing channels”): Either engage HR to acquire employees or engage Procurement to acquire contingent workers. Create one integrated workforce strategy.

Talent 70

Talent Strategy Strategy Strategy& 70

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

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Operations 70

Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 70

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

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. The “global operating model” (GOM) is the means to manage this complexity, this tension, this need for both leverage and agility.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Operations Agile Metrics 50

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

This model doesn’t leave patient choice to chance; it’s hardwired into clinical operations. A proposal for a national demonstration of the advanced care model is now before the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

System 110

System Healthcare Case Interview Operations 110

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

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. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

Boston Consulting Group 133

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 133

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

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

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. 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. Even today, GM has record recalls.

Study 88

Study Emotional Intelligence Leadership Finance 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In adult care, CMS announced in 2015 ambitious value-based payment goals for Medicare, which were achieved 11 months ahead of schedule. Integrating comprehensive services will require significant changes in culture, infrastructure, training, regulation, and financing. In pediatrics, CMS has funded PFK with a $13.1

Efficiency 126

Efficiency Metrics System Development 126

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

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. And in practice, the foreign income of U.S. Further, U.S.

System 70

System Finance Efficiency Government 70

BCG

OCTOBER 17, 2016

With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times. Jim Whitehurst is the president and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source enterprise IT products and services.

Enterprise 40

Enterprise Finance Video Software 40

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Operational worldwide, Uber offers its transportation network services in 58 countries and over 300 cities. Estimated to be valued at around $50B as of July 2015, Uber has experienced a rapid (to say the least!) 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. seven years of growth. Related posts: Post Consulting Jobs.

Culture 100

Culture Case Interview Interviews Transportation 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Energy-efficient lighting, motors, and other hardware continue to make good sense for many firms, whether financed on the balance sheet or by third parties who provide the upfront capital and then share the savings on future power bills. B operated the same way as A, with no special control.

Energy 70

Energy Balance Sheet Efficiency Software 70

Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It teaches young people the dress, demeanor, and collaboration skills expected in a professional setting as well as the technical skills for careers in IT, operations, finance, sales and marketing, or customer service. A 2015 study that we conducted with the U.S. Year Up, a large source of opportunity-youth trainees in the U.S.,

Talent 70

Talent Education Engineering Software 70

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines. With the USPS facing harsh financial challenges in recent years, the impact of this automation is immeasurable. This is essential to determine where in the organization impact is most needed.

Data 71

Data Productivity Airlines B2C 71

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015. It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. dollars, unable to pay them.

Marketing 70

Marketing Agile Company Sales 70

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Note: To continue the merger and consolidation excitement, Willis Group (a large insurance provider interested largely in the actuarial practice of Towers Watson) and Towers Watson announced on June 30, 2015 that they had agreed to a $18B merger. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. with over 54 offices in operation.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2018

In 2015, CareMore embarked on a journey to transform care delivery in Medicaid with the aim of leveraging its 20-year history in providing comprehensive care for seniors under Medicare. We described our early progress in this 2015 HBR article. Our primary care clinicians operate in multidisciplinary teams.

Metrics 70

Metrics Data Resources Operations 70

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

To understand how traditional software vendors can move to the SaaS model while managing the transformation’s challenges, we studied how the stock market reacted to publicly listed firms announcing they wanted to introduce a new SaaS offering from 2001 until the end of 2015.

Company 70

Company Software Sales Study 70

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

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). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? Their average age of retirement is 67. Synergistic product line firm.

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40