Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As the business environment becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, few leaders express confidence in their companies' ability to adapt. A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses. The winners.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Under the leadership of their future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning , they won the Super Bowl in 2007 and lost one in 2010. What's happening to the Colts happened to the Chicago Bulls when Michael Jordan left the franchise. It happens in companies all the time, as most are structured in similar ways.

Team Building 15

Team Building Team Franchising Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Your company has just developed an amazing new product. But it falls apart at the seams at the last moment, leaving your company on the brink of disaster. Having observed management teams for decades as a mutual fund and portfolio manager, I have watched numerous companies vanish after a disastrous launch of a product or service.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Biotechnology IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

For-profit companies in the same situation can turn to a robust venture capital community that is focused on providing the management, financing and strategy that innovative companies need to scale up quickly. Hoping to fill this need, my firm, Bain & Company and six other partners founded Social Business Trust (SBT) in the U.K.

Finance 8

Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Prior to joining American Express in 2010, Schulman was CEO of Virgin Mobile and Priceline. Specifically, he saw that the advent of digital technologies was going to fundamentally alter the way people conduct commerce, pay for things, and manage and move their money. So it is expanding our franchise. I’d offer two key lessons.

Execution 8

Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Fiber investments by former telephone companies have accelerated or restarted. PM Images/Getty Images.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. The outcome is a “ratings bubble” within which companies operate. Piggybacking on big events has allowed certain media companies to grow over time. Spillovers.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11