Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Unlike competitors, Santander stayed out of U.S.

Brand 65

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 65

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

For example, the Spanish apparel retailer Inditex, known for its clothing brand Zara, has turned the fashion industry on its head by perfecting its capabilities in fast, fashion-forward design and rapid-response manufacturing. Then they bring those capabilities to scale in their own distinctive ways.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

To begin answering that question, a trio of British researchers reporting in the European Business Review , compared the performance of 48 British employee-owned firms to 178 comparable traditionally structured businesses in good times (2004-2007) and (very) bad (2008-2009). Growing Economies the Old-Fashioned Way (The Independent).

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Bottom-up Fashion Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

In 2004, former CEO Alan Questrom was applauded for turning around the store which had hit on hard times. Skinny jeans and Euro-fashions don''t strike me as the route to the future. That doesn''t mean JCP is doomed. Economy Strategy'

Class 8

Class Mass Marketing Retail Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Railway systems are near capacity. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate. Highways can’t keep up with demand.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

Old-fashioned analog controls require tuning and are expensive to manufacture. The Boston Consulting Group estimates that the cost of the electronic parts will rise from 20% of the value in a typical automobile in 2004 to 40% this year. Growing Digital Business. Sponsored by Accenture. New tools and strategies.

Software 8

Software Engineering Efficiency Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

And Icahn, like Buffett, no longer has to worry about what is probably the biggest barrier to value-investing success — clients who abandon you when value falls out of fashion. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2013

Three years after I wrote an article on the Athens 2004 wiretapping case, which involved Greek government officials, I found somebody snooping on my own email as I served the next Greek administration. IT departments want to keep data secure, while staff simply want to do their job in a convenient fashion.

Document 8

Document Open-book Bottom-up System 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

And when he does, it’ll likely come the old-fashioned way, as Paramount’s InSurge division, which has a first-look deal with Red Hour, plans to sell the first three seasons of Stiller's on-line series Burning Love to international TV markets. ARE THESE THE ONLY CHOICES. More Bang for the Health Insurance Buck (Stanford).

Silverman 22

Silverman Insurance Fashion Content 22

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

And when he does, it’ll likely come the old-fashioned way, as Paramount’s InSurge division, which has a first-look deal with Red Hour, plans to sell the first three seasons of Stiller's on-line series Burning Love to international TV markets. ARE THESE THE ONLY CHOICES. More Bang for the Health Insurance Buck (Stanford).

Silverman 8

Silverman Insurance Fashion Content 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In 2004 and 2008, the media gobbled up stories of the online prowess of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama campaigns, highlighting alluring new tools like Meetup, blogs, and text message marketing. In a little more than a decade, online tools have gone from novel to fashionable to completely unexceptional.

Media 8

Media Marketing Politics Hammer 8