Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. Consider two managers: one promises 30 percent growth but ends up delivering only 28 percent while the other manager promises 1 percent growth but beats the budget and delivers 2 percent.

Company 12

Company Succession Constraint Sharpe 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

After walking you through the evidence, Fernholz puts the numbers into perspective: in 2008, the U.S. But are managers still making the tough calls about terminating people? A former chief talent officer for the company says most traditional performance reviews are the equivalent of poking employees in the eye with a sharp stick.

Fashion 8

Fashion Performance Review Sharpe Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

But in sharp contrast to the situation in Brazil, productivity has been rising faster than wages in the U.S. Back in Brazil, where productivity stopped rising in 2008, there doesn’t seem to be any simple prescription for getting things moving again. Sure enough, it more or less is. The lines are flatter in the U.S., for decades.

GDP 11

GDP Disruptive Innovation Sharpe Productivity 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

Since 1950, only 3 of 21 have managed the feat, and none have done so since 1978. And he went on to finish dead last in the Belmont in 2008. You can be sure that sharp handicappers have figured out how to take advantage of I'll Have Another's mispricing. That's about a 40% rate. But it gets worse.

Beyer 14

Beyer Tversky Price Kahneman 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

Since 1950, only 3 of 21 have managed the feat, and none have done so since 1978. And he went on to finish dead last in the Belmont in 2008. You can be sure that sharp handicappers have figured out how to take advantage of I'll Have Another's mispricing. That's about a 40% rate. But it gets worse.

Beyer 9

Beyer Tversky Price Kahneman 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. And Big Business did not even make those bets. That's before the Great Recession.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As business managers know, tariffs and quotas take time to shift sales from foreign to domestic sources—time they don't have during financial crises, as the credit needed to make payroll and to pay for parts and components dries up. So managers shouldn't make assumptions that foreign governments choose their favorites in the same way.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies Globalization Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

This was usually the best part of her week — visiting one of her company's supermarkets, talking to the store manager, walking through the aisles, watching the employees interact with the customers. Not you, not me, not the store managers, not the cashiers, not anyone.". And all employees received management training.

Case Study 10

Case Study Price Policies Retail 10