N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

I started my career in purchasing; migrated to sales and marketing; moved to manufacturing, mining, and then general management in a business operating in 40 countries. I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations. billion in the last 5 years).

Gordon 150

Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. The Future of Operations. But now the problem is back with a vengeance. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

It's an example of an organization seeking to meet this challenge of scale by providing top-tier, in-kind expertise and working capital to promising social enterprises. Hoping to fill this need, my firm, Bain & Company and six other partners founded Social Business Trust (SBT) in the U.K.

Finance 9

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In 2009, with $60,000 in seed money from the not-for-profit VC organization Echoing Green , and with the Harvard Business School's first social entrepreneur fellowship , Scharpf founded Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE). In turn, SHE reinvests its profits in new geographies or other disruptive enterprises.

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. The differences were dramatic. .”

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Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8