In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity. By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. They’ve never franchised. and going public?

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

He went on to advise managers to ask themselves, “Which of my people, if they told me they were leaving for a similar job at a peer company, would I fight hard to keep at Netflix? In this sense, a business is far more like a sports team than a family. An NFL team has 53 players on its roster.

Company 16

Company Franchising Sports Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Canonical examples are cigarette smoking or pollution, or a store manager in a large retail chain pursuing actions that benefit his individual store but damage the parent company’s brand.) Apple learned this the hard way.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9