Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. Consider, too, that when threats materialize at large-scale events, the damage often spills over to other parties.

Risk Management 16

Risk Management Manager Insurance Government 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012. 54% of firms say they have appointed a Chief Data Officer, up from 12% in 2012.

Metrics 15

Metrics Implementation Operations Culture Change 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

As organizations collect increasingly large and diverse data sets, the demand for skilled data scientists will continue to rise. Starting in 2012, my colleagues and I began taking a closer look at the hands-on experience of data scientists. In fact, it was dubbed “ The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century ” by HBR.

Diversity 14

Diversity Workflows Scaling Implementation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This part of the retail sector, representing an estimated third of total supermarkets, has long provided rich diversity in communities across the United States. A 2012 study by Kantar Retail shows manufacturer spending on trade promotion, measured as a percentage of gross sales, at the lowest level since 1999. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Revenue 16

Revenue Marketing Diversity Scaling 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2014

For comparison, Executive MBA programs in 2012 only attracted an average of 14% foreign students. It is clear that none of the traditional business education programs can match the global reach of MOOCs, which is all the more impressive when you consider that they are operating at significantly larger scale.

Education 14

Education Revenue Diversity Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

We need to think about how we're shaping the Internet on a global scale. Vint Cerf, considered one of the co-creators of the Internet's architecture, wrote in a 2012 New York Times Op-Ed that "The Internet stands at a crossroads.

Engineering 15

Engineering Diversity Scaling Media 15

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

JANUARY 14, 2016

Nationally, from 2002 to 2012, just 4 percent of U.S. Access to Diverse Talent. The different skills and viewpoints of a diverse workforce enhance those capabilities. Cities that attract and support diversity and provide strong education opportunities create new pools of talent to fuel these companies.

Diversity 10

Diversity Scaling Education Revenue 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

So it's not surprising that we received a striking diversity of entries from every kind of organization and from every corner of the world. We'll be announcing the grand prize winners of the year-long HBR /McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation at our live event, the MIX Mashup , in San Francisco on June 19, 2012.

Diversity 16

Diversity Human Resources Benefits Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2014

While sponsors might close this gap, specifically addressing executive presence issues with their high-potentials, CTI’s 2012 research shows that multiculturals are much less likely to have a sponsor than Caucasians (8% versus 13%). Diversity Leadership' Yet the power of difference is missing at the top, just when it matters most.

Diversity 10

Diversity Scaling Implementation Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

You can ask customers to rate anything – product appeal, uniqueness, purchase intent — on a five-point scale, but if you’ve ever run such a test you’ve probably seen lots of results in which every option scores a 3.5. In contrast, when you ask a diverse group of people not “What are you going to do?”

Marketing 14

Marketing Sales Sales Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He embodies the cognitive diversity of SFI, having made seminal contributions to fields as disparate as genetics, microbiology, human history, and society. In 2012 Wired magazine included Krakauer on its list of 50 people who will change the world. Shepherding this transdisciplinary work is Krakauer’s job.

Diversity 15

Diversity Scaling Operations Manager 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently. That choice cuts to the heart of Alibaba, according to Porter Erisman, who served as a vice president at the company from 2000 to 2008, and whose documentary on his time there debuted in 2012.

Scaling 11

Scaling Diversity Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

As networks like Twitter and Facebook scale, their advantage over nascent platforms becomes seemingly insurmountable. And yet scale is no guarantee of sustainability, as two recent examples illustrate. Rewarding Top Users is Important, But Not Enough. Some Community Turnover Is a Good Thing.

Scaling 11

Scaling Retention Recruitment Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. Instead of pulling out or scaling down their Russia businesses, executives have to find new ways to ensure strong performance.

B2B 12

B2B Government Marketing Scaling 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The basic facts were established in a 2012 study by The Bridgespan Group in the Stanford Social Innovation Review , which looked at the more than 200,000 nonprofit organizations founded between 1975 and 2008 to determine how many had grown to $50 million or more in annual revenues. Sadly, this rarely happens. Accountants Will Save the World.

Nonprofit 10

Nonprofit Government Metrics Revenue 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

billion has been hacked from the Boleto Bancário, a payment method managed by the Brazilian Federation of Banks, since 2012. They tend to operate in disciplined networks on a larger, international scale. Cybercriminals are diverse and constantly changing.

Banking 11

Banking Government Accounts Advertising 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

But by 2012 growth slowed, revenues flattened, and margins declined. With analysis, Alphatech identified regional hospitals—which faced mandated digital-records requirements, and usually lacked the scale and IT staff to do that on their own—as their best customers. Here’s how: Identifying good customers.

Sales 14

Sales Sales Hospitality Accounts Payable 14

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 8

Scaling Revenue Accounts Government 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

They’re reminded that conglomerates with diverse industry focus tend to underperform in their markets (at least in industrialized nations) as compared with focused firms. Its global scale and distribution makes it a critical service vendor for businesses around the world. Take FedEx for example.

Balance Sheet 14

Balance Sheet Manager Assets Software 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

This is one of the reasons research has found that in order to experience the benefits of diversity (better risk management, higher creativity, etc) on a board you need three women; one or even two aren''t enough to create real change. Here''s what we found when comparing the 3 women: Brand Passion Index for April 2012- April 2013.

Media 11

Media Risk Management Metrics Diversity 11

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 9, 2024

Workday boasts a large and diverse customer base, including many Fortune 500 companies. Its modular architecture allows organizations to tailor their solution and scale up or down as needed. Oracle offers a diverse partner ecosystem, facilitating integrations with other best-in-class solutions and expanding functionality.

Software 64

Software Compliance Onboarding Administration 64

Ed Batista

JUNE 1, 2024

Lyubomirsky, King, and Diener (2005) conducted a meta-analysis of 225 papers on diverse life outcomes in the domains of work, love, and health and found that, in all three domains, happy people did better on average than did unhappy people. For example, happier people earn more, and people who earn more are happier. [6]

Accounts 150

Accounts Benefits Engineering Diversity 150

AIHR

APRIL 21, 2022

Company: Chipotle Mexican Grill Established: 1993 Role: Chief Diversity, Inclusion and People Officer Innovative project: Waived the 15-hour minimum requirement for employees to qualify for Chipotle’s education programs. Marissa is the Chief Diversity, Inclusion and People Officer at American restaurant chain Chipotle. Marissa Andrada.

Recruitment 98

Recruitment Scaling Operations Human Resources 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

A recent USC study shows that across multiple and diverse markets, industries are 25% more likely to be “highly concentrated” than they were 20 years ago. The competitive advantages of scale are being commoditized. Minimum efficient scale is getting smaller and smaller. corporate consolidation.

Scaling 14

Scaling Marketing Banking Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. A few facts might hint at the scale of this challenge. Thus, London 2012 is reusing a lot of the IT operational procedures we implemented for the 2008 Summer and 2010 Winter Games.

Scaling 16

Scaling Project Management Operations Implementation 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

Each locates interdisciplinary innovation labs within or near hospital environments; involves diverse stakeholders beyond clinicians (designers, engineers, business professionals, and patients) early in the innovation process ; and engages end users in customizing solutions for their own needs. Challenges.

Hospitality 14

Hospitality Engineering Metrics Implementation 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

They''re also serving as advisors to Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath of their December 2012 school shooting. Has that changed the scale and scope of the giving? Is the blueprint flexible enough to deal with the diversity of cases, or do you need to tweak it on the fly? 9/11 was "in a class by itself," in Biros''s words.

Hospitality 8

Hospitality Nonprofit Compensation Government 8

Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. Since Apple launched its Podcasts app in 2012, smartphones have quickly grown to become the most common device for podcast consumption.

Advertising 93

Advertising Revenue Media Marketing 93

Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. Since Apple launched its Podcasts app in 2012, smartphones have quickly grown to become the most common device for podcast consumption.

Advertising 40

Advertising Revenue Media Marketing 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

One ruefully told of moving from a Hispanic-dominated company, where he could gesture eloquently and speak passionately, to a Caucasian workplace where he had to “scale back” his expressiveness. Smart companies understand diverse perspectives have impact on the bottom-line and are working to better leverage these insights.

Banking 14

Banking Inclusion Diversity Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

But the startup could not keep pace with the development and scale of established battery makers, and production defects led to a $55 million recall in 2012 and contributed to the company’s bankruptcy later that year. The company developed lithium ion batteries that helped convince automakers of their value for hybrid vehicles.

Assets 15

Assets Scaling Hospitality Operations 15