Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. Commercial operations groups tend to be early targets for cuts in a recession. Recessions catch many companies by surprise, with predictable results.

Team 11

Team Price B2B Tools 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

It was 2001, and online advertising was at its nascent stage. Enter “Albert”, a digital marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI). In 2017, Simson and her marketing team put Albert to work immediately, processing the company’s large database of customer interactions and transaction history.

Retail 8

Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. Use Data and Analytics : Ask for and use the power of data and analytics to be a piece of decision-making. Develop a process that learns from these efforts and views them as a sense-making step to notice change.

Open-book 78

Open-book Shaw Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. Rebuilding the community image.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 The United States remains the world’s second-biggest manufacturing power after China overtook it only three years ago. The Future of Operations. million, were the largest in U.S. manufacturing output. Technology to the rescue?

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

In 2007 AOL and Time Warner finally pulled the plug on the $350 billion 2001 merger that Time Warner chiefs Jeff Bewkes and Gerald Levin later called “ the biggest mistake in corporate history.”. Good decisions, like Southwest’s, nearly always result from robust decision processes. But sometimes the big decision will go horribly wrong.

Hedge 8

Hedge Restructuring Execution Download 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Beth Comstock, GE vice chair responsible for creating new businesses, embraced the lean process. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). At GE the biggest problem in 2017 was major revenue misses in its power business.)

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). Sinek entered mainstream business awareness with his TED talk, in which he introduces a deceptively simple model called “the golden circle” made up of three layers: What (Product), How (Process), and Why (Purpose). By Jim Collins. By Daniel H.

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

. “Succession between generations is a very risky project,” says Fernández-Aráoz, which is why it’s critical to talk early and openly about rules for advancement and what handing off power might look like. ” Toby did everything his father asked, joining The Bozzuto Group in 2001 as a development associate.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

It must be included as part of a formal Strategic Planning and Visioning process. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. by Hank Moore. About the Author.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

The switches could, if bumped or weighed down by a heavy key ring, cut off engine power and disable air bags. According to another , “GM has said the issue was discovered as early as 2001, and in 2004, a company engineer ran into the problem during the testing phase of the soon-to-be-released Chevrolet Cobalt.”.

Report 8

Report Learning-by-Doing Crisis Management CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Similarly, researchers at the OECD have found that markups — a measure of companies’ profits and market power — have increased more in digitally-intensive industries. By now, the core functions of IT—data storage, data processing, and data transport—have become available and affordable to all.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Corporate arrogance and ego, based upon power and influence (as well as money). Executives never stayed long.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. For example, in common practice, processes and tools have become the driver of work, not individuals and interactions.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

There has been a dramatic shift in mentality, and it doesn''t take much to work out the date on which this happened: September 11, 2001. The scale of the lobbying effort to defeat these privacy regulations was so unprecedented that it caused EU Commissioner Viviane Reding to say that "I have not seen such a heavy lobbying operation.".

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8