Roundtable Talk

APRIL 7, 2011

to fake it ‘til you make it… rather than focusing on what you don’t have (a big marketing budget, a large team, prior track record in the field) focus on what you do have and go for it. with our three intrepid panelists – Simon Jennings (Olive Media), Anne-Marie Renaud (Pepsico Foods Canada) and Jerome Dwight (BNY Trust Company of Canada).

Politics 34

Politics Media CEO Bottom-up 34

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so. As of 2010, only 2.4%

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

We just spent the last few weeks criss-crossing India to discover how private sector companies are striving to support India's quest for "inclusive growth.". Indian companies have traditionally contributed to inclusive growth primarily through philanthropic activities or CSR (corporate social responsibility) projects.

Business Model 15

Business Model Bottom-up Entrepreneur Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Some executives may be reluctant to admit – perhaps for sentimental or political reasons — that their brand is sucking out more value from the company than it creates. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. His game plan instead looks something like this: Buy stock in a company. Sell stock in the company. In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. Wait a while. In 2012 it was $1.9 In 2009 it was $1.3

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

I see Amazon’s price strategy with Whole Foods, fueled by constant testing and experimentation, to evolve in three steps: changing price perception, growing the market for healthy foods, and then applying insights to other offline retail sectors and services. Growing the market for healthy foods. Changing price perception.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

President Pratibha Patil has even declared 2010-2020 as India's " Decade of Innovation." Biocon is one Indian company that is adapting well to this new global reality by embracing a polycentric innovation model. On recent visits to India, we have found that "innovation" is the buzzword on everybody's lips. Transformers. Financiers.

Shaw 13

Shaw Globalization Innovation Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken actions to force companies to disclose climate change–related risks. The Trump administration has threatened to roll back those requirements, which would hurt companies, investors, and consumers. Policy makers have recognized as much, and in recent years the U.S.

Company 9

Company Porter Forrester Simon 9