Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. If you will not buy for yourself a specific product, don’t try to sell it. Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

Brand 62

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

While the companies comprising the S&P 500 reduced their average cost of goods sold by 500 basis points between 2004 and 2014, they made no progress at all in trimming SG&A expenses, which include executive salaries and corporate overhead. It would seem that managerial enthusiasm for all things “lean” has its limits.

Bureaucracy 10

Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

There can be organizational paralysis, or a release of incredible and productive energy, and which of the two happens depends mainly on leadership. Consider the soul-searching that must have gone on at Merck in 2004 when its management finally made the decision to remove Vioxx from the market. Crisis management Ethics Leadership'

Company 14

Company Crisis Crisis Management Video 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

A new Booz study — actually, a repeat of one it did in 2004 — once again came up with the same result. Not fraud, either, or ethics violations, the odd rogue trader losing billions in a single day, or other compliance problems. THE PRICE FOR A CIVILIZED SOCIETY. Surpass Saudi Arabia in Oil Production?

Company 15

Company Retail Outsourcing Compliance 15