Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

And they love to pursue them, deadline commitments or old strategies be damned. They forget that the strategy which took them from small to midsize has already proven itself a winner. So they begin tinkering with their core strategy, burning up resources while their companies wander off their tried-and-true growth path.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

including CNOOC's attempt to purchase Unocal in 2005 and Huawei's attempt to buy 3Leaf Systems in 2011. billion in 2011 , but then had to retract because the companies could not agree on terms and struggled to get Chinese regulatory approval. To do so, they must: Make sure that acquisitions are aligned with strategy.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Strategic Planning Politics Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

China's consumer goods market expanded rapidly over the past two decades primarily because of the growing number of first-time buyers, who were eager to buy goods and services that were previously unavailable or unaffordable.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products McKinsey Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

” By detailing out how to orchestrate complex interdependencies such as customers, competitors, operations, logistics, marketing, and sales, writing a plan first appears to schedule out actions and strengthen the link between actions and performance for the new venture. A Short Guide to Strategy for Entrepreneurs. entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Planning Marketing Advice 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

But marketing plays a broader role in shaping a brand. Good marketing helps ensure that brands are meaningful, different, and salient. The company came along in 2005, after years of focus on low-fat products had left the US yogurt market vulnerable. Greek yogurt market, and nearly 20 percent of the total yogurt market.

Apparel 8

Apparel Brand Sports Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point. Build, Buy, Partner.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

And last year, he decided that the answer was to take the company private, to escape the hectoring of the public market. This simple strategy proved wildly successful. Dell''s fortunes have not reversed over the past six years, owing in part to the recession, but more fundamentally to the decline of the PC market.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

I looked at quarterly earnings call transcripts for Yahoo and two of its competitors from late 2005 to the first quarter of 2016 and counted mentions of “mobile,” “phone,” or “smartphone.” In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market.

CEO 8

CEO Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

trillion US$ in 2012 with respect to 2011 and still remains below 2005-2007 precrisis figures. As illustrated in a recent article , in the aftermath of the crisis, MNCs are adjusting their global strategies by narrowing their focus relative to international markets. to a plant in Kentucky. to a plant in Kentucky.

Globalization 8

Globalization Operations Report Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

There is a third element that was missing entirely at GM: strategy. market, the single biggest problem by a wide margin was Toyota, which gobbled U.S. A strategy guy would look at the situation a bit differently: no, a lot differently. market: small and mid-car. Central to GM's downfall was getting killed in the U.S.

Company 12

Company Franchising Fixed Costs Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Our research (discussed in detail in a 2011 Harvard Business Review article one of us coauthored) distinguished between two basic types of acquisitions. Google''s 2005 purchase of YouTube fits into this category. CEO Marissa Mayer acknowledged the long odds of making the $1.1 Best Buy''s purchase of Geek Squad fits into this category.

Advertising 8

Advertising Business Model Audience Retail 8

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I wanna clarify your first point though… Social Media in an of itself is not a strategy, but it is absolutely smart to utilize Social Media with a strategy. Mike Suzanne Vara October 22, 2010 at 12:28 am Terry I agree it is not a strategy but like Mike it is part of/use with a strategy. Make sense?

Media 289

Media Tactics Strategy Open-book 289

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. That is, it isn’t enough to have solid strategies and good programs – to be successful, you must also have the influence to get them implemented.

Influence 275

Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

In 2011, Netflix announced it would split into two businesses, then retreated after only three weeks. An effective strategy must therefore either prevent discontent in the first place, or prevent it from spreading to a wider population. The third step is to understand the most effective strategies for countering insurgency.

Brand 15

Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Through research and my own consulting experience, I’ve found four practices that explain these companies’ mastery of the art of acquisition: They only buy companies that fit their core strategy. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. The San Jose, Calif.-based

Company 8

Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 24, 2010

] Tweet This Post Tagged as: Leadership , Social Media { 10 comments… read them below or add one } Brandon Cox January 24, 2010 at 10:21 pm It’s funny to me how boardrooms are now addressing a subject that grassroots marketers and small business owners have adopted ahead of time. Great stuff within! Two points I would add.

Media 305

Media Sharpe Learning-by-Doing Blog 305

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. Cambridge, U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

A 2005 survey of more than 500 freight interests from the public and private sectors carried out by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) revealed deep divisions on freight traffic congestion causes and solutions, and an alarming lack of communication between the two sides.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

I thought hiring good engineers would be easy when I launched my startup, Julu Mobile , in Shanghai in early 2011. When I started recruiting talent for my new company, before candidates asked about our strategy, they asked how much money we had. They wanted to know what my plans were for IPO.

Engineering 9

Engineering IPO Real Estate Price 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

She published her first book, Spark: How Creativity Works in 2011 and now hosts her own podcast, Pursuit of Spark! Leading business and marketing practitioner Seth Godin imagines a world where the mass market dies, where mediocrity holds no economic value. Susan Cain: The power of introverts. Like to read?

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

At the same time, it’s a great reminder to the more experienced ones who may have forgotten some of these key strategies. Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } 10 Leadership Battles – And How To Win Every One of Them « Marketing Matters Previous post: The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Next post: Wanna Be a Success?

Leadership 337

Leadership How To Blog Learning-by-Doing 337

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

stock exchanges has declined by almost 50% from its peak in 1996, despite dramatic increase in aggregate market capitalization. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms. stock exchanges.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

billion leveraged private equity buyout in 2005, with the aim of turning the chain around, but the resulting debt has proved to be unserviceable. As Darrell Rigby argued in a 2011 HBR article , every 50 years the retail industry goes through a major disruption. In their 2005 book, W. Yet the struggles at the company are not new.

Retail 9

Retail Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. The company was in free fall.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

We interviewed leaders in 37 private for-profit and non-profit primary care programs identified in the Center for Health Market Innovations database and operating in over 25 developing countries. Market focus. North Star Alliance is a strong example in SubSaharan Africa. Financial tools.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

These days I’m the one trying to banish the nattering nabobs from my circle (probably using a little different language to do it), and it’s an extremely effective strategy for living a life full of dreams, hope, and possibilities – and action. So what do you think – shall we rid the world of “can’t” altogether? Imagine that.

Learning-by-Doing 388

Learning-by-Doing Blog Definition Open-book 388

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The world’s five largest companies (by market capitalization) are all American and compete in the digital sphere: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. since 2005 are due to this phenomenon. What we could be talking about: Strategies for leveraging the intrinsic strengths of the U.S. digital industries.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9