Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

This preserved one of the indicators that have consistently pointed north since the economy emerged from recession in 2009. Some senior leaders simply lean harder on their operating units, increasing their targets and demanding more growth. So can having a corporate reserve fund to help the operating units pay for organic growth.

Retail 12

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. So how do you keep them?

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2016

So when the messaging service WhatsApp entered the market, in 2009 , allowing users to send messages to anyone for free and regardless of their mobile carrier, people gravitated toward the platform. Companies should focus on building an operation based on customer service to answer and be available to users when they need you.

Brand 8

Brand Real Estate Content Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. From first quarter 2008 to 2009, bankruptcy filings leapt by 75%. Journelle in New York City is no ordinary store.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. From first quarter 2008 to 2009, bankruptcy filings leapt by 75%. Journelle in New York City is no ordinary store.

TSR 8

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). David del Ser (a 2009 Echoing Green fellow) created Frogtek to provide big-company-quality business intelligence to raise the income of shopkeepers in the poorest parts of Latin America.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10