Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2023

Display Your Goods Remember the ABCs of merchandising, i.e., attractive, branded, and captivating. This is possible only by displaying your products prominently to promote your brand, captivate people’s attention, and attract them to your merchandise. So, know your audience before selling to them.

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Retail Tips Succession Management 112

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 19, 2013

This post is a refreshed version of one I wrote in 2010. They are also imposed to provide structure in organizational settings that support the work and build a broad framework within which individuals are free to operate and contribute. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

They are also imposed to provide structure in organizational settings that support the work and build a broad framework within which individuals are free to operate and contribute. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”. What do you think? Now I’m off to watch a juggling show.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

But as Netflix and online media channels developed, Blockbuster was no longer unique in fulfilling that purpose, and the way it fulfilled it became anachronistic. The owners of Service Merchandise and Woolworth’s have both benefitted from this line of thinking.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

When we started to look at new locations for our call center operations, we initially considered outsourcing to India or the Philippines and met with a few potential providers. We also lost some good people: Our star software developer loved San Francisco and decided not to leave. But the economic slowdown made for a crazy year.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition. From 2010 to 2017, the market cap of GAFAM companies increased by $2.6 Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs. trillion.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

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