Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Just like Ireland, Spain had a credit boom financed mostly with external debt, which meant that the balance sheets of their banks are now stuffed with bad debts as asset values collapse. And yet in the run up to the collapse in 2007, the combined asset footprint of the three main Irish banks was around 400 percent of GDP.

Balance Sheet 15

Balance Sheet Real Estate Banking Assets 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

If either the data asset itself or the algorithm on top of it seems to be cutting edge or proprietary, I wouldn't go shout it from the rooftops. Data is an asset, like everything else. To take the Obama campaign as an example, look at their move from having two databases in 2008 to one in 2012. And then you can do that at scale.

Scaling 18

Scaling Assets Hospitality Implementation 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

That puts vast new arrays of assets in play, from crowds to drones, sensors to shoppers. If teams can leverage those assets, hard and soft, digital and real-world, mass them quickly or marshal them with precision accuracy, teams can gain advantage as never before. The Invisible Children, Inc. Emergent, yes.

Media 15

Media Assets Marketing Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million. Building a large-scale biopharmaceutical facility requires up to $500 million.

Assets 12

Assets Operations Insurance Telecommunications 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Instagram had only 13 employees when it sold for $1 billion to Facebook in 2012, and Snapchat has approximately 350 employees. But what’s even more notable is that these digital companies are staying small and keeping headcount low, even as the business scales. Smart headcount growth that optimizes technology is essential.

Scaling 14

Scaling Engineering Assets Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

Return on assets indicates how efficient management is at using assets to generate earnings. Return on assets indicates how efficient management is at using assets to generate earnings. Value is defined in the other paper according to the Tobin’s q ratio, which indicates the market value of a company’s assets.

Assets 14

Assets Banking Marketing Accounts 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

The nonprofit sector is facing a massive talent shortage , which makes scaling a social enterprise extraordinarily difficult. Nonprofits have an inherent asset in recruiting against their for-profit competitors: purpose. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group. Leverage your mission.

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Recruitment Scaling Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. Generating fast, demonstrable growth of local firms is fundamental for scaling up any regional economy. strategic hires).

Scaling 13

Scaling Banking Balance Sheet Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

The Challenge of Investing in Digital Assets. Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet. While we have tools and financial statements that help us manage investments in physical assets , we don’t have the same for digital assets and information.

Balance Sheet 14

Balance Sheet Manager Assets Software 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

After all, the legislation, passed in 2012 but stuck in SEC rule making until now, was intended to boost America’s entrepreneurial economy. The biggest barrier for most startups isn’t raising that first round of capital — it’s scaling, which in some ways is getting even harder.

Small Business 13

Small Business Scaling Assets Diversity 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Digital platforms, such as online communication channels or marketplaces, allow for rapid and inexpensive scaling, among other advantages. They begin with different values, invest in different assets, and choose different leaders. Difficult, but not impossible.

Digital Transformation 13

Digital Transformation Assets Real Estate Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Recent large-scale studies highlight the effects of CEOs on their organizations. Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions. Although CEOs have always mattered, their importance is on the rise.

Staffing 14

Staffing Compensation Assets Employee Engagement 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

The leaders of the Hidden Champions stay at the helm for an average of 20 years; according to Strategy&, which collects data on the world’s largest 2,500 companies, in large firms the average CEO tenure from 2012 – 2016 was only seven years, and the median was even shorter, at five and a half years.

Inclusion 15

Inclusion Marketing Assets Revenue 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Assets are combined, rearranged, and repurposed to strengthen a business or to create new businesses. Business combinations on a smaller scale are often more successful than big mergers. These smaller-scale alternatives to mergers also remix assets, and often with a different strategic intent.

Assets 8

Assets Scaling Travel Media 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

They must retain enough control over core assets to maintain control of the ecosystem and to make money. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested. As of 2012, Garmin had sold 100 million units after 23 years in the market.

Software 14

Software Assets Marketing Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Recipients, who are often living on less than 65 cents a day, invest in everything from food for starving children to long-term assets, including land, livestock and housing. In December 2012, we provided GiveDirectly with $2.4 million to scale to multiple countries and test the model's effectiveness across geographies.

Nonprofit 9

Nonprofit Benchmarking Scaling Assets 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

billion in retail sales of licensed merchandise worldwide in 2012, fueled by the popularity of its Marvel Comics properties. You may need to temporarily scale back your own licensing or promotional efforts if a market is being flooded by unauthorized product. Disney alone reported $39.3 Fans of the Tiffany & Co.

Marketing 12

Marketing Sales Sales Benefits 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

RFID tags were the first wave of IoT implementation and are already playing a large role in locating inventories, vehicles, people, and assets. million between 2012 and 2022, while the number of jobs will grow by about 15.6 Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate. labor force will grow by about 8.5

Marketing 11

Marketing Transportation Travel Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

While you no longer extract maximum value from each customer, you are still better off as a result of economies of scale and scope. As long as the extra revenues justify extra costs, and economies of scale and scope outweigh the cost of increased complexity, it makes sense to continue diversifying. for the S&P 500 Industrials.

Scaling 9

Scaling Revenue Accounts Government 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 ” Backing this up is another group of asset managers who have committed $2 billion to invest in a newly created S&P Long-Term Value Index , a subset of companies doing things right. Commit to achieve a new growth business of specific and aspirational scale.

Assets 8

Assets Revenue Scaling Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

That''s up from 69% in 2012 and 2011. Malkiel argues that most of the gigantic growth in asset-management-industry profits since 1980 "is likely to represent a deadweight loss for investors." Which makes sense — most asset managers have a shared interest with CEOs in keeping top-of-the-scale paychecks high.

Compensation 8

Compensation Assets Government Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

A 2012 survey of board practices reported that almost none of the large-cap companies had a director under the age of 40. Here is a litmus test: First, boards should ensure that they recognize the scale and the pace of the digital impact on the corporation. So what should boards focus on to overcome this harmful digital divide?

Digital Transformation 9

Digital Transformation Risk Management Operations Assets 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

It is comparable in scale to the $835 billion emergency Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bill signed in 2008 that helped the United States recover from the worst economic crisis in our lifetime — but it would put that much money into the economy every single year. The magnitude of this stimulus is hard to comprehend.

Government 8

Government Insurance Administration Revenue 8

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 9, 2024

Its modular architecture allows organizations to tailor their solution and scale up or down as needed. It goes beyond traditional HR software, aiming to transform your workforce into a strategic asset and drive business success. In 2012, Ceridian acquired Dayforce, solidifying its position as a leading provider of HCM solutions.

Software 64

Software Compliance Onboarding Administration 64

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Distributed energy systems are basically comprised of small-scale energy-generating devices (the most common example being solar panels) that allow for electricity to be produced on-site and consumed immediately, without drawing from the local electrical grid. from 2012 through 2014.

Energy 15

Energy Transportation Real Estate Software 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

As they outgrew the garage, Hewlett and Packard sought to maintain that entrepreneurial spirit on a larger scale. ” Starting in the late 1990s, a series of CEOs saw the HP Way as a liability rather than an asset. .” ” Starting in the late 1990s, a series of CEOs saw the HP Way as a liability rather than an asset.

Scaling 14

Scaling Marketing Assets Software 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

And in November, after the Philippines faced the most powerful storm ever recorded to hit land, some climatologists suggested we add a “Category 6” to the top end of the storm scale. in 2012, are now likely to occur four times as frequently due to ­human-induced climate change.”.

Energy 14

Energy Government Sales Sales 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Despite paying $108 billion for Time Warner programming assets whose value is dependent on wide-scale licensing, the Justice Department claimed, AT&T would have the means and the incentive to raise prices charged to other providers, or even refuse to sell at any price “must-have” programming from HBO, Turner, and CNN.

Media 8

Media Government Assets Advertising 8

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

Additionally, the assets for Simply Hired were acquired by Japan’s Recruit, which also owns Indeed. Monster is the most iconic of those that brought the service to market, and the first to do it at scale. Founder Richard Johnson mortgaged his house and liquidated other assets to fund the $1.4 million cost of the ad.

Recruitment 40

Recruitment Revenue Sales Sales 40

Harvard Business Review

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. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Assets 15

Assets Scaling Hospitality Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

He had founded a bank in Maryland, expanded it to six branches and $400 million in assets, and sold it for a substantial profit. The statement cited Cerberus Capital Management’s unsuccessful attempts to shed its investment in the company that made the weapon used in the 2012 elementary-school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Banking 8

Banking Media Engineering Assets 8